Chinese man almost dies after letting eel enter his anus to treat his constipation

A man almost died after he let a 40 centimetre-long eel enter his rectum via his anus to treat constipation in southern China.

In the video filmed in Dongguan city, the X-ray footage shows a dead eel inside the man’s rectum.

Doctors then made an overall check of the man’s abdomen and found the dead eel.

Then the doctors managed to pull the large eel out from the man's body.

According to the doctor, the eel ruptured the sigmoid colon.

If the man had not got the surgery in time, it would have been very possible for him to die.

It is reported that the man is more than 50-years-old and has had pains in his abdomen for a week.

He heard that rumour went that putting a live eel into rectum could be a remedy for constipation.

The man has recovered from hospital now.

The video was filmed on June 20 and provided by local media.