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Woman living with seven-year infection from ex-boyfriend’s foul fart
Author of the article:Denette Wilford
Published May 29, 2025 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read

Christine Connell, who claims ex-boyfriends fart from seven years ago gave her E.coli, resulting in a persistent sinus infection.
Christine Connell, who claims ex-boyfriends fart from seven years ago gave her E.coli, resulting in a persistent sinus infection. Photo by Christine Connell /Instagram
A woman revealed how she has suffered from a chronic sinus infection for years after her ex-boyfriend farted at her.


Christine Connell said in a recent TikTok video that has amassed more than 441,000 views that doctors have long been baffled by the cause of the persistent infection, and tests up to now have turned up nothing.

But culture samples taken from her nose determined she had E. coli — and it’s all thanks to her gassy ex.

She joked that her ex, who she dated about seven years ago, got “the best possible breakup revenge that anyone could ever get.”

The travel content creator went on to say that “he farted terribly” while they were staying in a hotel after she had surgery, and it was so funky she “couldn’t breathe.”

But after swabs were recently taken from her sinuses, E. coli was found.

“You usually don’t get E.coli in your sinuses because E. coli is from poop,” Connell continued.

“So, how does that get in your sinuses — unless you have a boyfriend who farts disgustingly and you are forced to inhale it because you are immobile after ankle surgery.”



Connell detailed in another video that she was already in bed when her naked ex, who was standing beside the bed, turned his butt toward her and let it rip.

“That is when the fart happened. I’ve never, ever, ever smelled anything that compares to that,” she said, clarifying that he didn’t gas her on purpose — he just happened to fart in her direction on his way to bed and it got her.

E. coli are bacteria found in the intestines of some animals, and can be found in their feces, according to Health Canada.

Most strains of E. coli are harmless and even beneficial, helping with digestion, but some strains can cause illness, including diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and headaches.


Nowhere does it mention sinuses so Connell appears to be a special case, admitting in one video that “it’s definitely rare.”


Connell theorized that because she was recovering from ankle surgery, her immune system was “focused on healing that,” and if she was otherwise healthy, it might not have happened.

In updates to fascinated commenters’ questions, Connell said she was also tested to see if she is immunocompromised (which she is not) and if there were any other symptoms (she does not).

But in another video, Connell recounted how she was travelling with a friend who, as a joke, “farted in my face.”



Soon after, she developed pink eye, something she hadn’t had since she was a kid.

“I can’t think of how I would have gotten it besides my friend farting in my face,” Connell mused.

“So maybe I’m just susceptible to E. coli, which is weird, but again, I don’t have any immune issues according to tests so, I don’t know.”
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Woman living with seven-year infection from ex-boyfriend’s foul fart
Author of the article:Denette Wilford
Published May 29, 2025 • Last updated 2 days ago • 2 minute read

Christine Connell, who claims ex-boyfriends fart from seven years ago gave her E.coli, resulting in a persistent sinus infection.
Christine Connell, who claims ex-boyfriends fart from seven years ago gave her E.coli, resulting in a persistent sinus infection. Photo by Christine Connell /Instagram
A woman revealed how she has suffered from a chronic sinus infection for years after her ex-boyfriend farted at her.


Christine Connell said in a recent TikTok video that has amassed more than 441,000 views that doctors have long been baffled by the cause of the persistent infection, and tests up to now have turned up nothing.

But culture samples taken from her nose determined she had E. coli — and it’s all thanks to her gassy ex.

She joked that her ex, who she dated about seven years ago, got “the best possible breakup revenge that anyone could ever get.”

The travel content creator went on to say that “he farted terribly” while they were staying in a hotel after she had surgery, and it was so funky she “couldn’t breathe.”

But after swabs were recently taken from her sinuses, E. coli was found.

“You usually don’t get E.coli in your sinuses because E. coli is from poop,” Connell continued.

“So, how does that get in your sinuses — unless you have a boyfriend who farts disgustingly and you are forced to inhale it because you are immobile after ankle surgery.”



Connell detailed in another video that she was already in bed when her naked ex, who was standing beside the bed, turned his butt toward her and let it rip.

“That is when the fart happened. I’ve never, ever, ever smelled anything that compares to that,” she said, clarifying that he didn’t gas her on purpose — he just happened to fart in her direction on his way to bed and it got her.

E. coli are bacteria found in the intestines of some animals, and can be found in their feces, according to Health Canada.

Most strains of E. coli are harmless and even beneficial, helping with digestion, but some strains can cause illness, including diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and headaches.


Nowhere does it mention sinuses so Connell appears to be a special case, admitting in one video that “it’s definitely rare.”


Connell theorized that because she was recovering from ankle surgery, her immune system was “focused on healing that,” and if she was otherwise healthy, it might not have happened.

In updates to fascinated commenters’ questions, Connell said she was also tested to see if she is immunocompromised (which she is not) and if there were any other symptoms (she does not).

But in another video, Connell recounted how she was travelling with a friend who, as a joke, “farted in my face.”



Soon after, she developed pink eye, something she hadn’t had since she was a kid.

“I can’t think of how I would have gotten it besides my friend farting in my face,” Connell mused.

“So maybe I’m just susceptible to E. coli, which is weird, but again, I don’t have any immune issues according to tests so, I don’t know.”
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what happened to her stinks. perhaps she should invest in gas masks. ;)
 

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Sicily’s Mount Etna erupts in fiery show of smoke and ash
It was the 14th eruptive phase in recent months

Author of the article:Associated Press
Associated Press
Published Jun 02, 2025 • 1 minute read

Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania on June 2, 2025.
Smoke rises from the crater of the Etna volcano as it erupts, on Mount Etna near Catania on June 2, 2025. Photo by GIUSEPPE DISTEFANO /AFP
MILAN — Sicily’s Mount Etna put on a fiery show Monday, sending a cloud of smoke and ash several kilometers into the air, but officials said the activity posed no danger to the population.


The level of alert due to the volcanic activity was raised at the Catania airport, but no immediate interruptions were reported. An official update declared the ash cloud emission had ended by the afternoon.

Italy’s INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology said the spectacle on Europe’s most active volcano was caused when part of the southeast crater collapsed, resulting in hot lava flows. It was the 14th eruptive phase in recent months.

The area of danger was confined to the summit of Etna, which was closed to tourists as a precaution, according to Stefano Branca, an INGV official in Catania.

Sicily’s president, Renato Schifani, said lava flows emitted in the eruption had not passed the natural containment area, “and posed no danger to the population.”

The event was captured in video and photos that went viral on social media. Tremors from the eruption were widely felt in the towns and villages on Mount Etna’s flanks, Italian media reported.

Video showed tourists running along a path on the flank of the vast volcano with smoke billowing some distance in the background. Excursions are popular on Etna, which is some 3,300 meters (nearly 11,000 feet) high, with a surface area of some 1,200 square kilometers (about 460 square miles.)
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