Four-Year-Old Has Bobby Pin Removed From Kidney
- 8 years ago
A four-year-old boy in Saudi Arabia underwent surgery to have a bobby pin removed from his kidney after enduring months of pain. He's since fully recovered.
When children swallow foreign objects, they usually pass it right through.
But one four-year-old boy in Saudi Arabia recently had a bobby pin lodged in his right kidney for over three months.
The boy swallowed the hair accessory about a month before any symptoms occurred.
Eventually, he began to experience pain in his right flank and upper right quadrant.
He was taken to a medical facility where the bobby pin was discovered. Doctors there said it would pass through naturally.
It didn't.
After three months of pain, doc
When children swallow foreign objects, they usually pass it right through.
But one four-year-old boy in Saudi Arabia recently had a bobby pin lodged in his right kidney for over three months.
The boy swallowed the hair accessory about a month before any symptoms occurred.
Eventually, he began to experience pain in his right flank and upper right quadrant.
He was taken to a medical facility where the bobby pin was discovered. Doctors there said it would pass through naturally.
It didn't.
After three months of pain, doc