Weird and wonderful things were lost and then discovered in the human body

Doctors in Missouri recently made a surprising discovery. A 63-year-old patient underwent a routine colon exam. intact fly In his colon. Doctors had no idea how the fly had survived the dangerous journey through the patient’s digestive enzymes and stomach acid.

As a professor of anatomy, I see a lot of stories like this about strange things, foreign bodies, so-called foreign bodies, found inside the human body. Here we will introduce some of them.

Recently, a Taiwanese woman was in the news for the following reasons. spider and its exoskeleton Found in her ear. It is very rare to have a spider inside your body. spider phobia No matter what some people say, you’ll be glad to hear that we don’t eat 8 spiders appear in our sleep each year.

However, one thing is disappointing british postman He swallowed the spider and was bitten, with the unpleasant result of a swollen throat and difficulty breathing.

While the person who gave the spider a home had little choice in the matter, others often find themselves ingesting or inhaling something they did not intend.The majority of these people are children, especially when learn to wean.

Sadly, the location of these objects within the airways most common cause of death For children under 3 years old.

Children tend to put things in their mouths, noses, and ears. Objects that enter the mouth or nose are usually inhaled and lodged in the airways, usually causing choking and expulsion of the object.

The objects that children can inhale range from the familiar (toys, beads, magnets) to the unexpected (hill and needle). Inhalants also vary by region. In Western countries, peanuts The most commonly inhaled Hot dogs cause the most deaths.

in Southeast Asia and China It is bone and seed, and most cases occur in the periphery. Lunar New Year. And in the Middle East, African In Mediterranean countries, usually nuts or seed.

Severalthe study It also shows that men are much more likely to inhale objects than women.

As people grow older and lose objects, the risk of accidentally inhaling objects also increases. muscle tone. Sometimes things go “in the wrong direction.” The most obvious are groceries, but they include: dentures has also been lost.

In some cases, what a child accidentally inhales may go unnoticed for decades. A postman from Preston, England, playmobil road But it was first discovered when the 47-year-old underwent a lung test after complaining of a persistent cough.

It has been less than 40 years since it was discovered, but a man… inhaled a peait stayed in place long enough to start sprouting in his airways.

what you swallowed

Inhalation is a common way things enter the body when they shouldn’t be there, but swallowing is also a common route.

Again, children are the group most likely to end up in A&E after swallowing a foreign object such as: coin or small toys. Most of these substances pass harmlessly through the gastrointestinal tract.

About 20% must be retrieved using an endoscope (a tube inserted into the mouth or anus), and 1% require surgery.

Magnets pose a significant risk in the following cases: plural They have been ingested because they can attract each other through loops in the intestinal wall and can cause lacerations in the intestines.

Ingesting stuck metal objects without showing symptoms may pose future risks if those objects contain ingredients such as: iron metal, making them magnetic. When you have an MRI scan, your body may shift or feel hot. cause damage.

…and at the other end

Objects that go into the mouth represent one entrance into the body, but some people lose objects at the other end. This may be vaginal or rectal.

Vaginal foreign bodies refer to those that are medically necessary and those that are present for other reasons. Typical vaginal foreign bodies include: pessary or damaged intrauterine contraceptive pill Equipment that patients may forget about or not realize is broken.

These pose long-term risks to patients. infection, fistula (an abnormal opening between one luminal organ and another luminal organ or between a luminal organ and the skin surface), and stone formation (calculi).

At this end of the body, there are also those found in the anus and rectum.while 66% and 85% Some of the people who attend A&E with this complaint are men.

One of the biggest problems with foreign bodies in the anus and rectum is that they can become lodged and interfere with the natural movement of intestinal contents. Over time, this can cause significant elongation of the tube, creating risks such as: pierced or tear up Intestines.

There are many reasons why people insert foreign objects into their anus. erotic Why it’s not very common Relieves constipation.

The reasons vary, but it can be outweighed by the various objects found for this purpose, including: apple, eggplant, brush, pen, carrot, pesticide container, deodorant can (This presents a fire risk during surgical removal), Cup, carbonated drink bottle, baseball And perhaps the most eye-catching thing is the whole coconut.

The problem with rectal foreign bodies is that the sphincter that keeps stool inside does the same thing to objects pushed past it, often by stretching the muscular wall of the rectum and causing the rectum to open. You won’t be able to generate enough force to push it out. Putting the object back outside, i.e. the surgeon usually Open the patient and remove the item.

Therefore, anything that enters your body, whether accidentally or intentionally, carries the following risks: death from suffocate Until you bleed to death. If the object is accidentally or intentionally inhaled, ingested, or inserted, this should be sufficient reason to seek medical assistance. But we can’t do anything about flies.