In 2008, DrBicuspid.com reported on a curious case of an elderly patient who swallowed a screwdriver and aspirated a wrench during two different dental appointments with the same practitioner. Now a ...

Preliminary inquiries indicate that the Nationwide Airlines Boeing 737-200 which shed its starboard engine on take-off from Cape Town two days ago had suffered ingestion resulting in catastrophic ...

A 13-year-old boy was admitted to hospital after four days of abdominal pain – when he then admitted to doctors that he'd swallowed 80-100 small, high-powered magnets a week earlier. X-rays revealed ...

A study published Friday in the Journal of Pediatrics announced the rate that children swallow foreign objects has been rising sharply over the last 21 years. Children under the age of six accounts ...

The variety of non-food items that children place into their mouths is alarming. Coins, batteries, magnets, needles, pins, tacks, glass, wood, earrings, rings and toy or game pieces are some of the ...

The most common objects ingested were coins and small batteries. Before children explore the world on foot, they explore it with their five senses. Early development often includes children listening, ...

Murray, Suzan, Tell, L. A., and Bush, R. Mitchell. 1997. "Zinc toxicosis in a Celebes ape (Macaca nigra) following ingestion of pennies." Journal of Zoo and Wildlife ...