Woman left with horrific injuries after wearing sex toy to MRI scan

She thought it was 100 per cent silicone

The unnamed woman had a silicone plug in her back passage while undergoing medical imaging and is said to have suffered a dangerous reaction with the scanner.

MRI scanners use strong magnets and radio waves to create highly detailed images of the inside of your body, and it’s important to remove any metal objects from your body before having one.

The woman didn't realise that the sex toy she was using, which she thought was 100 per cent silicone, actually contained metal in its core.

It caused the item to be 'dragged through her body' causing the patient to 'scream in pain' a report filed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FSA) stated.

While the incident happened in April 2023, an image allegedly showing the patient’s scan following the event has recently begun circulating online, prompting warnings against wearing any metal objects during a scan.

Alongside the scan photo, there was also a screenshot of a text, sent by someone known as Matt Z.

It read: "Greates (sic) personal injury case I’ve ever heard: Chris Goodnow, an estimated Valley attorney, has picked up a client who is suing a sex toy company. Said client purchased a butt plug that was advertised as ‘100 percent silicone’. Client wears it to MRI appointment. Much to the client’s (sic) dismay, the plug in fact has a metallic core."

It goes on to claim, that the plug was pulled through the patient’s rectum and up into their chest cavity at the “speed of sound” and that the patient survived with “major injuries.”

According to The Sun, magnets used in MRI machines are extremely powerful, typically ranging from 0.5 to 3 Tesla (T), which is significantly stronger than a refrigerator magnet (around 0.001 Tesla) and roughly 100,000 times stronger than the Earth’s magnetic field.

Iron, nickel and cobalt are strongly attracted by the MRI's magnetic field and can be pulled towards it.

Though some people online have cast doubt over the authenticity of the incident, according to the official report 'the patient was screened and did not disclose that she had a butt plug inserted'.

"She went in for the MRI and when it was over and the tech was pulling the table out, the patient started to scream.

“The patient stated that she felt nauseous, was in pain, and felt like she was going to pass out. An ambulance was called for this patient and she was sent to the hospital.”

The unnamed health professional who filed the report added: “The patient was checked out by the radiologist at the site before transport to ensure the patient was doing okay.

“The patient has not returned any of our calls yet to try and follow up to see how she is doing.”

Professor Adam Taylor, an expert in human anatomy at Lancaster University, told MailOnline the sex toy was unlikely to be moving “at the speed of sound,” as claimed in one of the many posts circulating on social media.

“The speed at which ferromagnetic materials move in an MRI field is proportional to the mass of the object and how far away from the magnetic field it is.

“Things such as paperclips or hairpins would easily reach 40mph if within the field.

“As this ‘toy’ was predominantly silicone with a metallic core, there is potential that it moved at speed but not close to the speed of sound.”

Professor Taylor added the injuries likely caused are damage to major blood vessels, nerves, or organs causing traumatic injury and potentially even death.

It has happened before where patients have swallowed metal objects and been horrifically injured during an MRI scan.