Vienna, September 30: In a strange incident in Austria, a man reportedly chopped off his own penis with an axe after taking a large amount of psychedelic mushrooms commonly referred to as the 'magic mushroom'. Thankfully, doctors were able to reattach the organ. Reportedly, the man consumed four to five individual dried mushrooms, leading to a brief psychotic episode during which he used an axe to sever his penis into multiple pieces.

According to a report by the New York Post, the 37-year-old man suffering from depression and alcohol abuse experienced a psychotic break after using psilocybin mushrooms. While mainstream medicine is recognizing the therapeutic benefits of these mushrooms for treating psychological distress, the patient did not find relief, as he used the substance unsupervised in an attempt to manage his mental health issues. Austria Shocker: Surgeon Allows Teenage Daughter To Drill Hole in Patient’s Skull During Emergency Surgery at Graz University Hospital After Man Suffers Head Injuries in Forestry Accident.

The man, who was alone at his vacation home, ingested four to five dried mushrooms, which led to a brief psychotic episode. During this episode, he used an axe to amputate his penis into several pieces. After wandering away from his home in search of help, he was discovered by a passerby and arrived at the nearest hospital in critical condition about five hours later, told the Doctors at Hospital Feldkirch in Austria. Austria Shocker: 14-Year-Old Girl Allegedly Drugged and Abused Found Dead in Apartment of an Afghan in Vienna.

Doctors observed that the man had tried to stem the bleeding by wrapping a cloth around the severed area and had placed the remaining pieces in a jar filled with snow. They successfully cleaned the contaminated organ, reattaching the tip and about two inches of the shaft, although some parts were too severely damaged to salvage.

 

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