8 paperclips removed from man's stomach

Doctors removed eight straightened paperclips from a man's stomach at Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province. The man said he straightened and swallowed the steel clips during quarrel with his wife. Photo: southcn.com

A man in Guangzhou, Guangdong province is recovering after doctors removed eight straightened paperclips from his stomach swallowed during a drunk argument with his wife.

A Biao, 26, paid a visit to the Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University after he began experiencing pain, fevers and bloody diarrhea, reported Nanfang Daily on July 9.

The young man told doctors he straightened and downed more than 10 clips after an alcohol-fueled quarrel with his wife a few months ago.

These nickel-plated steel strips measured around 8 centimeters each.

A Biao explained he had passed several of the clips two days later, but after two months developed sharp abdominal pains that left him unable to walk straight.

Doctors at a hospital in Huizhou, Guangdong province first discovered the wires lodged in his stomach and other organs before referring him to Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University to have them removed.