Oww. Thousands of men go the ER ever year with zipper injuries (1 Viewer)

[superchuck500]

I thought it was just me. But according to a study published this month in the British Journal of Urology International by a University of California San Francisco urology resident named Herman Singh Bagga, an estimated 17,616 people wound up in U.S. emergency rooms between 2002 and 2012 because they caught their genitals, almost always penises, in zippers.

If you’re giggling right now, you’ve never done it.

And you’ve probably done it. Zipper injuries are the single most common cause of penile injury in adult men reporting to emergency rooms, Bagga explained in an interview, followed by bicycles. (In small boys, the most common cause of penile injury is a toilet seat slamming down when the child is urinating – “you’d be surprised how many little boys rest their penises on the rim,” Bagga said -- followed by zippers.)

OK, so it’s a little funny in a Three Stooges kind of way, but a careless zip of the pants can be serious. While permanent damage is rare, Bagga said, zipper entrapment has led to surgical intervention such as undesired circumcision. A more common consequence is infection.

Lots of bacteria can be found in that area, and if the skin breaks, “it’s important once you get it out from the zipper that it’s washed well, and you use a little antibiotic ointment. Keep an eye on it. That’s another reason to solicit medical attention.” In his study, which used data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, Bagga and his co-authors found 11 cases of penile cellulitis (a bacterial skin infection) or abscesses.

Mainly, he said, “this is a pain issue. It can completely ruin your night.”

Zippers send thousands of men to ER each year - Health - Men's health | NBC News


Cue the Something About Mary quotes.

 

[OhioSaintsFan]

Something you only do once, unless your memory is completely shot.

 

[daMixter]

You do it, and run to the emergency room? Really?

 

[BobE]

how the **** do you get the beans above the frank?

 

[krushing]

That will make a man utter some strange sounds.

 

[Sun Wukong]

I avoid this problem by not wearing pants.

 

[The Mongoose]

In soviet russian mongoose house, penis sends zipper to emergency room.

 

[zeetes]

I beat my nads against the bar on my bmx once as a kid. that was all it took.

-edit a Schwinn predator represent'

 

[kevin from buffalo]

in the house i wear the new indoor pajama pants and when it heats up outside..i have bermuda shorts on..i don't wear those levi jorts..etc. only time i wear any type of zipper is if im going to a wedding or a funeral and i need docker pants on. the zipper sneakers are low rated too..i have a pair of velcro strapped sneakers,,no knots to tie up. i dont like ties either..and most women don't like a guy in ties..they like open collar so they can see more of your neck muscle.

actually,the more i think about it..i don't like clothes and shoes period.

i am high claim for nudists newsletters..im not a perfert..i love just one woman..but i like freedom. whether it be in my own home or out in a deep forest .

i dont like zippers,never have and never will.

it's the people fault that they use zippers..they are too lazy to buy the button downs.

go too scotland and or ireland..men wear skirts.. i would wear a skirt if i had one. actually,i think skirts are comfortable.

 

[Saint_Kyle]

I avoid this problem by having an unusually small penis.

 

[wizard1183]

I avoid this problem by having an unusually small penis.

Interesting! How have the ladies reacted?

I can understand maybe cutting the sack with the zipper through a pinch when you're zipping, but you'll stop there. Who zips past the point of no return? Or who zips up their pants so quick to do this when you know damn well you're free balling?

 

[BHM]

I closed the car door on mine once.

 

[wizard1183]

I closed the car door on mine once.

You must be a sadist.

 

[saintsfanfl]

I avoid this problem by having an unusually small penis.

That has not prevented it from happening to me a handful of times. While I've never been to the ER because of it, I think it's the most painful injury I've ever sustained with one exception.

One time in college, I sat down on a picnic table and, yeah, you guessed it, a 1/2 long splinter right in the old sack o' potatoes. Lemme tell you something, there is nothing more unnerving than trying to extract a cedar splinter from the bottom of one's own tea bag.

 

[melman]

When I was like 3 or 4, my mom and the Avon lady had me down trying to get my helmet cover unstuck from the zipper...heard that story too many times...