Sex should be a fun and satisfying time — not something that puts you in the emergency room. And yet, it happens more often than you think.
Emergency rooms see it all — including what happens when sex goes sideways. From objects that disappear to injuries that require surgery, doctors say the biggest problem isn’t curiosity or experimentation. It’s waiting too long to get help because you feel ashamed.
“Most sex-related injuries are preventable, and none of them should be a source of shame,” Dr. Martina Ambardjieva, a urologist and ER physician, told HuffPost. “What does cause problems is waiting too long to seek care because of embarrassment. If something feels wrong, pain, bleeding, swelling, or an object that refuses to come out, just come in. Trust me, we’ve seen it all.”
Two emergency physicians shared some of the most common — and most alarming — sex-related injuries they’ve treated, along with what people should know if something goes wrong.
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