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Foreign Body Granuloma - Articles
Foreign Body in Stomach
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm
are of a lower resolution than present day video-endoscopy images) and much to my surprise a snake-like foreign body was found.
See images and Videos.
Examination was performed with an older endoscope, rendering a lower resolution than present day state of the art video-endoscopes. Image of a snake-like foreign body in the stomach
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Tricks of the Trade: Low tech solutions to esophageal foreign bodies
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Wed 21 Oct 2009 10:08pm
Doxycycline pills
Patients can present to Emergency Departments with esophageal foreign bodies. Recently, a patient presented with a doxycycline pill stuck in her... was pushed into the stomach and the patient's foreign-body symptoms resolved. A simple $1.50 solution.
Teaching point
Tell all your patients receiving doxycycline to drink plenty
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Valerie, You have a foreign body in your foot!
by
Valerie D.
Posted
Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:19am
att.com/relay and called my doctor.
Val: I'm calling to check my x-rays!
Nurse: You have a foreign body in your foot!
Val: WTF, what do you mean?
Nurse: It is about 2 inches... texting Abbie, Jennifer, Billie, and Vanessa. Each try to get my focus back on task. The foreign body in the foot. Of course I am upset.
One thing I did find out is when stressed
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String theory for pets (or, how to handle linear foreign bodies)
by
Dr. Patty Khuly
Posted
Sun 29 Nov 2009 10:00pm
Gastrointestinal foreign bodies (AKA, things our pets should not have ingested) always get a lot of play in the weeks leading up to the December holidays. This is especially true for the linear version of the foreign bodies we love to hate: those strings, ribbons and flosses we irrationally employ with wild abandon during this time of the year
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Trick of the trade: Ear foreign body extraction
by
Michelle Lin
Posted
Wed 24 Mar 2010 12:00am
A 6-year old boy has placed a hard bead in his ear and presents to the ED for care. How do you remove this foreign body as painlessly as possible? You can just barely see the edge of the bead by just looking at the external ear.
By experience, you know that mini-Alligator clips and forceps will not be able to sufficiently grab the edges
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Consuming Bodies: The human body in the light of science
by
Thomas S.
Posted
Wed 06 Jan 2010 12:00am
If you are interested in the history of the body and happen to be in Copenhagen in mid-January, you may consider attending a guest lecture by Ulrike Thoms from Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, titled ‘Consuming Bodies: The human body in the light of science’. The lecture takes place on Tuesday 19 January at 2pm
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Utah Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Meals That May Contain Foreign Materials
by
Ranae W.
Posted
Fri 21 Nov 2008 1:58pm
Utah Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Meals That May Contain Foreign Materials
Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-043-2008 HEALTH RISK: HIGH
Congressional and Public Affairs... chicken meals that may contain foreign materials, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced today.
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The Amazing Human Body
by
k
Posted
Mon 20 Oct 2008 1:57pm
The Human body is an amazing creation and there are so many interesting things that we still don’t know about it. Here are some things we do know.
Scientists say the higher your I.Q. The more you dream.
The largest cell in the human body is the female egg.
The smallest is the male sperm.
You use 200 muscles to take one step.
The average
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