Halo doctor, Just a while ago, I accidentlly swallowed a staple pin ( i guess it is staple pin as i didnt see it) while having my lunch from a restaurant. White chewing the last bit i felt a staple pin like thing between my teeth , but by the time i realized what was happening, i had already swallowed the remaining food in my mouth. Then I felt a pain on the roof of my mouth ( i dont know what is that portion called) just above the teeth line on the left side) and while washing my mouth there was traces of blood . When i touched the inside of my mouth where i felt there was a cut, I could feel the tip of the pin in there. I guess portion of the pin got stuck in there and portion of it went inside. I am very much worried now. It may get stuck into the walls of its path and become an infection or something? what should i do now? I am very much worried to go to a hospital. I dont want to undergo a surgery. Please advise me. I am 37 years old. So far I am not feeling any pain anywhere else other than inside the mouth where it stung.