A 63-year-old man from Florida sneezed so hard that a part of his intestines came out through his surgical wound while he was dining with his wife at a local restaurant, according to the Independent.
A case study published in the American Journal of Medical Case Reports in May 2024 revealed that the man had a history of prostate cancer. Just 15 days before the incident, he had undergone a cystectomy, a procedure to remove his urinary bladder, which left him with a healing abdominal wound.
Nine years prior, the patient had received a “robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy” for prostate cancer and had undergone various treatments for a recurrence of the cancer. During these treatments, he faced several health complications.
On the morning of the sneeze, his doctor had confirmed that the surgical site had healed properly and that the staples holding the wound together could be removed.