A teenager deliberately injected mercury into his body to ‘become a real Marvel superhero.’ According to the report, the 15-year-old encouraged spiders to bite him so he could look like the superhero Spider-Man.
The National Center for Biotechnology Information wrote its case. According to the report, the unnamed boy was not poisoned after trying to give himself superpowers. According to doctors, he injected mercury from a thermometer into his arm three times. It was believed that the child was ‘inspired’ by X-Men Mercury and X-Man Wolverine comic book character.
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What do the reports say about our real Wolverine?
The report said: “We present the case of a 15-year-old boy, who, inspired by a film, deliberately injected mercury subcutaneously into his forearm, causing an ulcer to form that did not heal. . Surgery was performed to treat the ulcer and reduce mercury levels in the blood and urine. However, the patient did not develop clinical signs of chronic intoxication, demonstrating that subcutaneous injection of mercury poses a low risk of systemic toxicity”.
A psychiatric study reveals that this was not the boy’s first attempt at becoming a superhero, adding that he had previously forced spiders to bite him in hopes of becoming Spider-Man. “Amazingly, he had no other psychiatric disorders and had a normal IQ,” they concluded.
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The 15-year-old reportedly yearned to look like Marvel character Mercury, but instead ended up with excruciating ulcers that refused to heal. Mercury’s body in the comics is made of a non-toxic metal that resembles mercury and which she can mold or solidify at will.
People’s reaction to this incident
The teenager was discharged from the hospital after removal of dead tissue and mercury, and he has no further absorbed mercury into his systems. The team pointed out that the boy’s hospitalization was out of the ordinary, with most cases of deliberate mercury injection being called “suicide attempts”.
A 15-year-old once injected himself with mercury at least three times in an attempt to turn his bones into metal after watching X-Men Origins: Wolverine
In the past, he also got bitten by spiders on several occasions because he wanted to become Spider-Man.
—UberFacts (@UberFacts) September 27, 2022
People around the world have taken to Twitter to roast the young X/Wolverine weapon.
What was the result?
— 🤎🍯 ✨𝓥𝓲𝓿𝓲𝓲✨🍯🤎 (@v_x_xix_) September 27, 2022
He said: ‘At first I wanted to be Spider-Man. But, it seems like it wasn’t meant to be. So, I guess I’ll have to settle for being Wolverine.
—Delleps (@_delleps_) September 27, 2022
His parents better be careful if he decides to become Batman
— justfilthy (@justfilthygamin) September 27, 2022
I even tried a spider to read Spiderman comics so I could inspire him to become radioactive
— Anubhav Mohanty (@anubhavmhnty) September 28, 2022
Thank goodness Electro wasn’t a hero.
— Jibran T. Siddiqui (@jibransiddiqui) September 28, 2022
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As a representative of the National Center for Biotechnology Information points out, these are risky practices, and a doctor may not always be able to help you or arrive in time, but in the case of the teenager, reports psychiatric tests were favorable, and no abnormalities were reported.
Source: Mirror
