52-Year-Old Indian Man Cuts off Genital, Flushes It Down the Toilet As Voices in His Head Told Him To Do So; What Could Be the Worst Consequences of Schizophrenia?

Schizophrenia can lead to some of the most shocking results, causing people to do things because they "heard voices." This happened to a 52-year-old Indian man who cut off his genitals and flushed them down the toilet because of those "voices."

Voices Told Him

According to Mail Online, the man who suffered from schizophrenia chopped off his penis after being told to do so by "voices." He used a kitchen knife, and after cutting it out, he flushed his genital down the toilet.

Surgeons in India shared that the man was left with nothing but a stump after the incident. This situation happened after the man, who had already stopped taking his medications, waited several hours before going to the hospital after the amputation.

The man only went to the hospital 16 hours after the amputation happened. The man came from Pune, and the medics noted that he bore no "suicidal intent" but attributed the voices in his head to the reason for his genital amputation.

The man said that voices in his head threatened him of "dire consequences" if he didn't cut his penis off. Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College doctors described what had happened, saying the man's scrotal skin was dislodged from his genital's root.

Hospital Action

The medics rushed the man into operation as they started to perform surgery to have his wounds cleaned. The schizophrenic man was then given anesthetics for him to be knocked out for them to proceed with the operation.

Mail Online reported that the man left the hospital after seven days in the hospital after his stump was operated on. Medics noted that after 20 days they checked and saw that the stump was well healing.

So far, the man hasn't reported additional complications and could still pass urine. This particular case of inflicted penile amputation is called "Klingsor syndrome."

The National Library of Medicine describes Klingsor syndrome as a rare self-inflicted traumatic amputation of the penis commonly associated with psychiatric disorders. These disorders include religious preoccupations, hallucinations, substance abuse, or societal neglect.

Sage Journals' listing notes that Klingsor Syndrome was first published on December 1990 and has only had limited documentation. Mail Online reports that there've only been less than 30 officially recognized cases.

Psychiatric Causes

Mail Online reports that the common cause for this action involves drug abuse, hallucinations, or psychiatric disorders. While it's possible for doctors to reattach the penis through extensive surgery, they need to be well-kept for this to be possible.

Another requirement for doctors to reconnect the penis is if the amputation happened just recently and that the would remain uncontaminated. People who've experienced successful reattachment surgery were able to carry out different activities like urinating or achieving an erection.

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