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What Are The Effects On Accidental Swallowing Of Stapler Pins?

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Posted on Mon, 6 Apr 2015
Question: what happen when a child swallow stabler pin
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Answered by Dr. Omprakash Ashokrao Deshmukh (14 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
can pass through stool

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the query.
In most cases child will expel it out by stool.
Give the child fibre diet and fruits like banana to ease out expelltion.
In some rare cases it causes inflammation or scarring to surrounding tissues.
If there is some symptoms like blood in stool or throat pain then see a ENT doctor and get x ray done to see a location of pin.

Hope i helped you.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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Dr. Omprakash Ashokrao Deshmukh

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Practicing since :2008

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What Are The Effects On Accidental Swallowing Of Stapler Pins?

Brief Answer: can pass through stool Detailed Answer: Thanks for the query. In most cases child will expel it out by stool. Give the child fibre diet and fruits like banana to ease out expelltion. In some rare cases it causes inflammation or scarring to surrounding tissues. If there is some symptoms like blood in stool or throat pain then see a ENT doctor and get x ray done to see a location of pin. Hope i helped you.