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A man who was fitted with a £50,000 bionic penis was hospitalised just days after having sex for the first time.

Andrew Wardle, 45, was born without a penis and lived for most of his life as a virgin, until he was given the new implant using skin from his forearm earlier this year .

He was finally able to do the deed with his girlfriend Fedra Fabian, using a button to pump it up, and claims he was delighted with the result.

But just days after losing his virginity, Andrew was rushed to hospital after he collapsed to the floor - prompting fears that the new penis was responsible.

Andrew lay unconscious for five days and surgeons will now remove his gall bladder when he goes under the knife.

His publicist Barry Tomes told MailOnline : “'He had a fever for days and was vomiting.

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“Fedra rang to say she had found him unconscious. She was terrified. She has no family here to rely on.

“It's been quite terrifying. Their biggest worry was that the damage had been caused by having sex.”

Fedra is now next to his beside and they face an anxious wait to see if Andrew faces even more treatment.

Previously, it was revealed Andrew had to walk around with an erection for 10 days following his successful surgery.

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Andrew, who uses a button in his groin to inflate the organ with saline fluid through a valve in his scrotum, told The Sun he was delighted with his“ridiculously big” new penis.

He added: “Fedra had booked a romantic trip to Am­s­t­erdam for my birthday, but I felt that would have been too much pressure.

“I had to test out the function every morning and night and leave it erect for 20 minutes. So one morning, two days before we went away, it just happened. It was nice and natural — and that’s how I wanted it to be."

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As well as experiencing pleasurable feelings, the organ is connected into his testicles which means there is a possibility of him having children.

Andrew was born with bladder exstrophy, a rare birth defect that means the organ, that usually sits inside the pelvis, is exposed.

Although he has testicles, the condition means he has no penis. Andrew has undergone a string of operations over the last four years to build his appendage.

While bladder exstrophy typically affects one in every 40,000 births, Andrew said rare complications with his case only happens to one in around 20 million.