Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Are You Done With That?

 Not to make fun of people with mental problems but after reading about an Egyptian man swallowing his phone it would make me think twice about letting anyone "use" my phone. There is actually a name for compulsive swallowing of non nutritive objects (pica) and it is fairly common in mentally disturbed individuals. This man went to the doctor complaining of stomach pain and was treated for an infection but when he came back still complaining they x-rayed him and found a phone which he then admitted to swallowing 6 months prior. They surgically removed the phone and the man is expected to make a full recovery. This was not the first time a phone had to be surgically retrieved,a 33 year old man in Kosovo swallowed an old brick style Nokia phone whole,but the phone then split into 3 parts and they were concerned the battery would explode in his stomach,not sure how that one turned out. 

 






 

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