MANY people get infections throughout their lifetime, whether it's bacterial, fungal or viral.
But one doctor has revealed how a particular infection left a man with a penis attached to his arm.
Posting on TikTok, Dr Karan Rajan explained why the patient had to have his soldier sewn somewhere else.
In 2014, patient Malcolm McDonald suffered from a severe perineal infection in the perineum area, also known as the 'gooch'.
Dr Rajan explained: "The infection began to spread to his genitalia causing his male organ to turn black, die and fall off, auto amputation.
"But doctors were able to make him a new digeridoo, one that was part machine.
"The only catch being it would be on his left forearm for a while."
Dr Rajan said that surgeons took a piece of his skin from his left arm and rolled it into a tube shape around a vein taken from his leg – this would form a shaft.
He added: "A new urethra or pee pipe was formed by making a hole in the skin.
"To allow a mechanical hand controlled erections tubes, two inflatable tubes controlled with an air pump were also installed.
"This proto penis was left dangling from his arm so it could grow naturally and then eventually be reattached to its natural resting place."
In the comments section, he added that what happened to Malcolm had been 'quite rare'.
He explained that once the penis is attached back to its rightful home, that it will still work, but with the use of manual pumps.
Some users were curious as to how Malcolm would have been able to pee with his penis attached to his arm.
Dr Rajan said that he wouldn't be able to pee through it while it was on his forearm and that it was likely that Malcolm would have had a 'suprapublic catheter' fitted temporarily.
NORMAL LIFE
In an interview with The Sun last year Malcolm, 45, revealed he was given an extra two inches by surgeons.
He said: “Of course it is mad – having a penis on your arm. Not even I am used to it. But when you think about it, it’s actually amazing.
“That they can make me a new penis at all is incredible – but that they can build it on my arm is mind-blowing.
“It looks like something out of a weird sci-fi comic. But it’s my chance at a normal life.
“It’s been the first step towards being able to go to the toilet and even being intimate with someone.”
Professor David Ralph, an expert in phallus construction at London’s University College Hospital treated Malcolm but warned him that it might take two years, which he was happy with.
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