Pattaya rescue workers helped a Swiss tourist take off a steel ring after it became stuck on his penis, and he is now recovering, local officials said on Tuesday.

On Monday night, rescue workers in Pattaya were called to help a 52-year-old Swiss man who was suffering acute pain from the ring, usually worn at the base of the penis to maintain an erection by slowing blood flow.

Rescue workers from the Sawangboribul Foundation said that the Swiss tourist called them from an apartment in South Pattaya at 9pm and said that his penis became painfully swollen due to the ring.

The steel ring was carefully removed by the medical team.