Doctor issues warning after man injects himself with semen to ‘cure back pain’

A doctor issuing a warning against people injecting themselves with semen wasn’t exactly what I had envisaged writing about this week, but here we are.

If you hadn’t noticed, the world is a place of ever-changing trends and fads, those that are spread easier than ever thanks to the influence of social media and the internet as a whole.

Over the years, we’ve seen some fairly wacky trends take hold. We’ve seen crazy, we’ve seen comical, we’ve seen the dangerous and the downright difficult to believe. What we hadn’t seen – until now, at least – is a warning being sent out by to prevent people from injecting themselves with sperm.

Now, anyone who’s ever sought medical help in the US can tell you just how jaw-droppingly expensive things can get. Stellar insurance plans and crowd-funding can take you so far, but it’s hardly a surprise that some people turn to experimental treatment they can perform on themselves at home, rather than using a healthcare system that promises to financially bleed them dry.