foreign body

New research published in Pediatrics analyzed the rate of foreign-body ingestions (FBIs) in young children (under age 6) only to determine it inc

After developing a swollen eye and experiencing severe, escalating pain for three hours after visiting a relative’s gravesite, a woman in

A mother’s agony is raising awareness about an important topic that landed her young son in the hospital for an emergent remo

A miraculous recovery is expected for a 10-year old boy who, while being attacked by yellow jackets in a tree house, fell to the ground only to be impaled by a meat skewer that entered through his face diving d

It’s been a while since I wrote about foreign bodies in the body; but, given a recent published case report describes a 20-cm eggplant transanally positioned and stuc

Due to the popularity of my Inanimate Objects in Orifices series which takes you through the journey and consequence of foreign bodies in the body fro

The case of a 13-year old boy whose skull was pierced by a 6-inch screw in a treehouse-building incident just hit the news.

This year brought about a number of public discussions surrounding not only less mainstream medical conditions, but also physically and emotionally challenging and ethically complex ones.

A Colorado toddler required emergency medical intervention after ingesting 28 high-powered buckyball magnets.

We can’t talk about penises and urethras without mentioning vaginas.  So, it seems like the perfect segue in my series on foreign bodies in the body to move directly from one family jewel to another.