A woman has been paralysed and lost the use of her arm after her contraceptive implant got STUCK so deep doctors can't get it out.

Danielle Jarrett, 24, got the tiny plastic rod - called nexplanon - put in her arm three years ago and suffered no problems until she went to get it replaced.

But when her GP couldn't removed the 4cm implant, she was sent to a specialist - who also couldn't get to it.

It had sunk so deep into her arm, that even a further two-hour operation saw surgeons abandon their efforts to get it out.

Her arm went "numb" and floppy after the operation, and despite reassurances the feeling never came back.

She visited her local A&E and was told she had suffered nerve damage but would regain movement after 12 weeks with regular physio appointments.

But one year on from the operation Danielle hasn't regained any movement or feeling in her left arm, which she can't use at all.

The insurance worker from Dartford, Kent, has been forced to rely on her mum Alison, 53, to cut up her food, wash her hair and help her get dressed.