The child is thought to have swallowed the needles on the farm where his mother worked, where they are used to inject the cows.
found that visits to the ER due to foreign-body ingestions in children under age 6 have nearly doubled since 1995, rising from 9.5 per 10,000 childrenRound objects can be awhile swallowing sharp objects like nails, screws, or in this case, needles, can be very dangerous, as they can cut the inside of the child's digestive tract, or become lodged in other internal organs.
Thankfully, the Peruvian child had all eight needles successfully removed over a two-hour operation, during which the surgeons checked and mended small lesions in the boy's small intestine.The boy is now temporarily on a liquid diet due to the fragility of his intestines, but is expected to be able to leave the hospital in two or three days.
Pisco expressed her gratitude to Salazar and the other doctors, thanking them for so quickly removing the needles. "If it had not been for the timely surgical intervention, his health condition would have worsened and the outcome would have been different," the release says.should be covering? Do you have a question about foreign body ingestion? Let us know via [email protected].
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