Shocking! 28 pounds of accumulated feces removed from bowels of man - See pic

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New Delhi: A 22-year-old man suffering from Hirschsprung's disease (HD) since birth – a condition which causes severe constipation owing to dysfunctional nerves in the large intestines – just had 28 pounds of feces surgically removed from his gut.

Zhou Hai, the patient, reportedly had a grossly enlarged bowel, 30 inches of which was removed by surgeons at Tenth People's Hospital of Shanghai in China.

Doctors compared his condition to a nine-month pregnancy because of the painful enlargement and feces backup, saying that it looked like 'he was about to explode'.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, Hai was resorting to laxatives to stimulate stool passing, but they offered little or no relief. This compelled him to visit the hospital and he asked the doctors for help.

Numerous tests conducted showed that the man had months, even years of accumulated feces residing within a portion of his colon, which triggered the swelling.

According to Inverse Science, Dr Yin Lu said the procedure lasted three hours and that they had successfully removed the enlarged body part.

Post the three-hour surgery, the patient's gut was stitched up from both ends to stop feces from falling out. He is said to be recovering well.

HD is more common among males than females and affects one in every 5,000 babies. It is usually diagnosed in children and is uncommon in adults.The disease is curable only through surgery.

According to the Mayo Clinic, this condition is associated with certain inherited conditions, such as Down's syndrome and other abnormalities present at birth, such as congenital heart disease.

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