Man Attempts to Cure Backache With Semen Injections
When a 33-year-old man first arrived at Dublin’s Adelaide and Meath Hospital with severe back pain, his case seemed typical. But after doctors discovered a mysterious lesion on his right arm, the patient disclosed a key detail: he’d been treating his pain for the past 18 months by injecting himself with his own semen.
The resulting case report in the January issue of the Irish Medical Journal, titled “Semenly” Harmless Back Pain: An Unusual Presentation of a Subcutaneous Abscess, described what is reportedly the first-ever case of semen injection as a medical treatment.
The doctors involved in the report write that the patient first arrived at the hospital complaining of “severe, sudden onset lower back pain,” reportedly caused by lifting a heavy steel object three days earlier.