Saturday, September 28, 2013

EMERGENCIES ALL SHOULD KNOW:FOREIGN BODY

FOREIGN BODY:
 Foreign bodies involve propulsion through natural orifices into hollow organs.Foreign bodies can be inert or inflammatory causing inflammation and scarring. They can precipitate infection into the body or acquire infectious agents. They can obstruct passages either by their size or by the scarring they cause. Some can be toxic.

Young children, in particular, are naturally curious and may intentionally put shiny objects, such as coins or button batteries, into their mouths. They also like to stick things in their ears and up their noses.

Although ingested non-magnetic foreign bodies are likely to be passed spontaneously without consequence, ingested objects (magnetic toys) may attract each other through children's intestinal walls and cause severe damage, such as pressure necrosis, perforation, intestinal fistulas, volvulus, and obstruction.


It is possible for foreign bodies to enter the tract from the mouth, or from the rectum.It is also possible for a foreign body to enter the airways and cause choking.Among foreign bodies,peanuts were the most common obstruction.Foreign body in the bronchi can also present as chronic cough.Airborne particles can lodge in the eyes of people at any age. These foreign bodies often result in allergies which are either temporary or even turn into a chronic allergy. This is especially evident in the case of dust particles.With sufficient force (as in firing of bullets), a foreign body can become lodged into nearly any tissue. splinters are common foreign bodies in skin.staphylococcus  infection often causes boils to form around them.Tetanus prophylaxis may be mandatory.

Foreign bodies can also be found in eyes,nose,ear,vagina,urethra,blood vessels etc.Foreign bodies are common injuries to eyes in workshop setups for the employees.Foreign bodies are self introduced into rectum,urethra and vagina by some males and females who suffer from abnormal sexual fantasies. Some patients suffer from psychiatric illness and have abnormal eating habits including hair,metal objects,etc.


Medical specialists use cystoscope,endoscope,colonoscope, bronchoscope,and specialised forceps and equipments to remove foreign bodies from various areas.Sometimes major open surgeries are needed in abdominal foreign bodies.
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EPISTAXIS
HYPOGLYCEMIA
ACUTE PAIN ABDOMEN
HAEMETEMESIS
THROMBOSED,PAINFUL PILES
ACUTE TUBULAR NECROSIS
PARAPHIMOSIS
TESTICULAR TORSION
TRAUMA
RENAL COLIC
PRIAPISM
ACUTE URINE RETENSION
SEVERE PALLOR
ABSCESS
ANIMAL BITES
POISONING
BURNS
SEIZURES
PARALYTIC STROKE
ANY PREGNANCY RELATED EVENT
SUDDEN LOSS OR IMPAIRMENT OF VISION
SUDDEN HEAD ACHE AND VOMITING
HIGH GRADE FEVER
NON-RESPONSIVENESS
VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR
SUDDEN CALF PAIN
SEVERE BREATHLESSNESS

1 comment:

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