Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!A dementia patient's penis started to rot after he wrapped rubber bands around it for three days.The unnamed man, 81, had to have emergency surgery after the end of the organ started to rot, while yellow and purple patches formed at the base due to a lack of blood flow.Doctors said his penis could've fallen off if the bands had been left on any longer.The excruciating incident, which was published in a medical journal, was discovered while the man was in hospital after suffering from diabetes-related complications.His wife told medics her husband had had the bands on for about two or three days.Surgeons at the University of Chicago Medical Centre in the US performed an emergency.
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