Man’s bowel EXPLODED and shot out of his body after coughing and sneezing at the same time while eating

A MAN’s bowels exploded after he coughed and sneezed at the same time while eating breakfast with his wife.

The 63-year-old’s intestines then fell out of his body.

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He was at a diner when he noticed a “wet” sensation followed by a sharp pain.

He only noticed something was wrong after he lifted his shirt and saw several inches of his bowel hanging out of his stomach.

The man, from Florida, recently underwent abdominal surgery but doctors claimed his incision had healed well.

Paramedics quickly arrived on the scene and witnessed a three-inch opening with “large amounts of bowel” protruding through it.

Fortunately, he was rushed to the hospital, where surgeons successfully returned his bowel to his abdomen.

After spending six days in the ward, the man was sent home and experienced no further complications.

His case was detailed in the American Journal of Medical Case Reports.

Disembowelment is a rare but serious complication of surgery.

It occurs when a patient’s internal organs stick out through an incision because the wound didn’t heal properly.

This happens to three-in-100 people who have abdominal and pelvic surgeries, according to a study.

This can also affect up to ten per cent of elderly patients.

The deadly complication kills up to four in ten due to excessive blood loss, prolonged severe pain or injury to the exposed organs.

Coughing has been determined as a notable risk factor, experts claimed.

A couple of weeks before the incident, the Florida man had his bladder removed following complications from a previous battle with prostate cancer.

Doctors examined the wound and removed the sutures on the day of the medical emergency.

After the 63-year-old realised his intestines were hanging out of his body he attempted to dive to the hospital.

However, he decided against it, fearing he would only worsen the injury.

Once he was taken to the hospital and doctors put his bowel back in his body they reclosed the wound using their most advanced and strongest methods.

His case is “important” as abdominal evisceration after cystectomy is poorly documented, with just seven reports of the complication this year, according to experts.