A MAN has had a seven-inch long glass bottle removed from his rectum after he inserted it into himself to "scratch his itchy backside".

The patient, from China, known only as Mr Wen, had to undergo urgent surgery to remove the hard object after it got stuck.

4 A Chinese man has had a seven-inch-long glass bottle removed from his rectum Credit: Dongguan Hospital

He first went to Dongguan Hospital in southern China's Guangdong Province on November 1, after finding it hard to walk with the two-inch-wide object lodged in his backside.

And Mr Wen told doctors he was trying to use the container to scratch his itchy rear when he said it slipped into his body "all of sudden".

He was immediately examined by Dr Lin Jun, director of the Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the hospital.

And before long, Dr Lin detected a hard object lodged in Mr Wen's rectum about two inches from his anus.

4 The patient told doctors that he was trying to use the container to scratch his itchy backside Credit: Dongguan Hospital

An X-ray check confirmed that the item was a bottle.

Mr Wen was forced to have immediate surgery to extract the bottle from his bottom and the operation went smoothly.

It turned out that the bottle had been used to hold liquid used as a traditional Chinese mosquito repellent and itch soother.

Mr Wen was discharged from hospital just hours after his operation on the same day.

4 The patient was examined by Dr Lin Jun at a hospital in southern China's Guangdong Province Credit: Dongguan Hospital

The medical case was reported by the Hospital of Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine in the city of Dongguan.

It comes after after a man had a six-inch hand-held shower head removed from his bum after he "accidentally slipped" in the bathroom.

Scans revealed the shower head was six inches deep into the Indian man's pelvis, but had not caused any internal damage.

Similarly, another shocking x-ray revealed a seven centimetre wide glass suck up a man's bum.

4 The bottle had been used to hold liquid used as a traditional Chinese mosquito repellent Credit: Dongguan Hospital

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Droves of doctors have recently taken to Twitter to share their stories of the bizarre household objects they've had to remove from backsides.

One exasperated doc asked for sex toys to come with "ripcords for easy removal" after pulling out one too many out.

Another claimed to have found "a funnel, a cucumber, a bag of pills" - with others finding lightbulbs, champagne glasses, and even an umbrella.