A WOMAN'S intestines exploded and burst out of her stomach after a coughing fit.
The 52-year-old was suffering from Covid when several inches of her bowel protruded from her left side.
The woman had an incision in her abdomen from a previous surgery, which became infected a few days before the horrifying incident.
She had a history of operations following ventral hernia repair - which involves pushing an internal body part back in - 13 years prior.
The patient contracted coronavirus and battled repeated bouts of coughing.
This caused her to suffer a "spontaneous abdominal evisceration" when the intense force created so much pressure that her intestines ruptured through the old surgical opening.