Woman (19) struggling with incontinence has cork removed from her genitals which has been there for three and a half years

A teenage girl had to have a cork removed from her vagina after becoming incontinent.

The 19-year-old from Serbia sought help after she suddenly lost control of her bladder.

She confessed to medics that three and a half years ago she removed the cork from a bottle of hairspray while in a “state of impaired judgement” during sex.

But the unnamed woman was so afraid of the doctors’ reactions that she did not seek help out of “shame and fear of judgement”.

The woman from Belgrade also tried to remove the cork herself, but to no avail.

A 2021 study by the Royal College of Surgeons of England found that it is becoming increasingly common for items to be removed from the rectum by the NHS. Cases in men increased particularly rapidly

In the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, doctors wrote that the woman was still menstruating regularly.

On examination, doctors found swollen tissue around the cork in her vagina.

The date of the incident was determined by the University Hospital’s doctors, Dr. Dragisa Misovic in Belgrade.

The cork was extracted with standard gynecological instruments.

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But medics then amputated her urethra – the tube through which urine leaves the body – after discovering another complication.

The woman developed a hole between her bladder and the wall of the vagina – medically known as a vesicovaginal fistula – through which urine leaked from her vagina.

The opening can be caused by problems during childbirth, certain types of surgery or after radiation, according to the NHS.

Some people can also be born with a fistula.

It is unclear if the hairspray plug was behind the opening.

However, foreign bodies are known to cause the fistula.

Doctors in Belgrade treated the fistula by catheterizing the woman before referring her to the urology department for further diagnosis and treatment.

In addition to corks, other items allegedly removed from vaginas by medics over the years include plastic aerosol cans, a plastic cup and even children’s toys.

There are also hundreds of reports from doctors the retrieval of objects located in the rectum – with the first case recorded in medical literature in the 16th century.

NHS doctors are no strangers to dealing with similar incidents. A data analysis from last year found that around 400 “foreign” objects are extracted from English anuses every year.

It is estimated to cost taxpayers around £340,000 a year in things like medicines to carry out procedures and the manpower of NHS staff.

However, inserting objects into a rectum, also known as anal play, carries a number of risks.

In addition to trapped objects, they can also potentially perforate the intestines, which can be fatal as material from the digestive tract can travel to other parts of the body and cause infection.