Chinese students are willing to shove acupuncture needles into their penis to do homework

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A 12-year-old boy in north-west China had to undergo emergency surgery after inserting a 4-inch acupuncture needle into his penis. The teen in Xi'an, Shaanxi province was rushed to hospital on Friday early morning after his mother noticed he was having difficulty walking, according to local reports. The boy, nicknamed Xiaolong, later told his mother that he was trying to keep himself awake while doing his homework when he pushed the 11-centimetre (4.3-inch) needle up his urethra.

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'He had difficulty urinating as the needle had pierced into his urethra and came dangerously close to the bladder,' the doctor said.

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His mother, surnamed Li, told reporters that she first noticed something was wrong when she saw her son having problems walking. 'I told him to speed up, but he kept walking slowly. I then started to scold him,' Ms Li said. 'Then he finally admitted to sticking up a needle into his urethra because he kept nodding off while doing his assignment. I was in shock.' The acupuncture needle belonged to his grandmother and was usually kept in her drawer. Surgeons successfully removed the instrument during a two-hour surgery and the boy is expected to make a full recovery.

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