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Foreign body
Something foreign means it is not supposed to be there and has been somehow come to be there, in any part of body.
Dr. Yash Khanna reviewed this
59 year experience in Family Medicine
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Can you die from foreign body in a wound?
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What's the safest way to treat foreign body in a wound?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: foreign body?
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What is the definition or description of: Foreign body in a wound?
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A 38-year old asked:
How can our immune system fight foreign bodies?
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A 39-year old asked:
What sort of problem is a corneal foreign body?
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What can I take to treat foreign body ingestion?
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What is the treatment for foreign body in a wound?
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A 37-year old asked:
How quick to recover after corneal foreign body injury?
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A 36-year old asked:
What sort of problem is an inhaled object or foreign body?
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A member asked:
Do doctors see a lot of patients with foreign body in a wound?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Can foreign body aspiration give cough only at night and early morning or it should be all day long ?
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A 33-year old asked:
Dr. Says I have a foreign body under my conjunctiva. Could it be anything else that can cause similar symptoms?
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A 21-year old male asked:
If a foreign body of any sort was trapped under the skin, would I notice? Would there be some kind of response or reaction?
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A 31-year old asked:
How can foreign bodies in the eye be removed?
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A 35-year old asked:
What are the symptoms of a foreign body in my eye?
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A 47-year old asked:
Can you have inhaled foreign body without having symptoms of choking?
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A 28-year old asked:
I want to know my options for treating foreign body in respiratory tract?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is the emergency first aid measure to take in case of a person choking with a foreign body?
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A 46-year old asked:
Please help! what is the emergency first aid measure to take in case of a person choking with a foreign body?
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A 24-year old asked:
Does the vaginal opening stop foreign bodies from coming inside? Is the vaginal opening hostile to sperm as well?
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A 18-year old female asked:
HELP! I introduced a small bouncy ball (2 cm) in my rectum when I was a kid and don't remember if came out. I don't feel the symptoms of a foreign body but I'm afraid is still inside me. At this point have I already evacuated it?
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A 33-year old male asked:
I keep thinking there is a foreign body in my anus or rectum and I cant remember if I put it in my anus. if there actually was a foreign body in my anus or rectum would I feel anything and can I have a foreign body in my rectum without any symptoms?
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A 38-year old asked:
I have a foreign body in my eye? What can I do?
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A 40-year old male asked:
How to prevent foreign body inhalation in cases of nasal foreign body . ?
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A 43-year old asked:
Do people with vaginal foreign body have a lot of pain?
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A member asked:
Injured in mccall, id. Doctor wants to image my wound to see if any foreign bodies are present. Is that right?
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A 41-year old asked:
Can blood testing tell what type of foreign bodies/organisms/pathogenes attacking my body... And now my children?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Sand grain like irritation in both my eyes, though there is no foreign body in them. Makes me constantly rub my eyes.
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A 21-year old male asked:
How does foreign body cause aortoenteric fistula? FB needs to cause infection first? Would this infection persist & not go away? Even if FB is blunt?
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