Read more about the article BRUSH OFF: Woman Swallows 18cm Toothbrush And Asks For Medical Help Only 7 Hours Later
Woman swallowed 18cm toothbrush in Taiwan. (AsiaWire)
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BRUSH OFF: Woman Swallows 18cm Toothbrush And Asks For Medical Help Only 7 Hours Later

A woman who swallowed an 18-centimetre-long toothbrush was so embarrassed she only went to hospital for help after spending seven hours at work. The 44-year-old woman, who has not been named but hails from the city of Pingtung in the Taiwanese county of the same name, had swallowed the toothbrush…

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April 22, 2022
Read more about the article Chinese Man Has 36 Metal Nails Removed From Gut After Swallowing Them In Bad Mood
Man, 21, swallowed 36 iron nails in Fuzhou, China, on 28th January 2022. (Second People's Hospital Fujian Province/AsiaWire)
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Chinese Man Has 36 Metal Nails Removed From Gut After Swallowing Them In Bad Mood

A 21-year-old Chinese man has had 36 metal nails removed from his gut after swallowing them in a bad mood. The patient, name not disclosed, had reportedly swallowed the nails in a rage and ended up suffering from severe abdominal pain for five hours. When his family found out, they…

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March 8, 2022
Read more about the article Greedy Cormorant Saved By Vet After Trying To Swallow Two Fish At Once And Choking
A cormorant was saved by veterinarian Sinan Ulusoy after trying to swallow two fish at once in Antalya, Turkey. (Kumluca Belediyesi/CEN)
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Greedy Cormorant Saved By Vet After Trying To Swallow Two Fish At Once And Choking

These images show a greedy cormorant rescued by vets after it tried to swallow two large fish at once that were almost the same size as it was. The fish reportedly weighed 1 kilogramme in total and the bird very nearly choked to death but it was saved thanks to…

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February 26, 2022
Read more about the article Boy, 3, Has Intestines Punctured Four Times After Swallowing 11 Magnetic Beads
A three-year-old boy accidentally swallowed 11 magnetic beads in Dongguan, China. (AsiaWire)
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Boy, 3, Has Intestines Punctured Four Times After Swallowing 11 Magnetic Beads

This X-ray shows 11 magnetic beads that punctured a three-year-old boy's intestines four times after he swallowed them. The young boy, named as Xiaojie in local reports, comes from the city of Dongguan in China's southern Guangdong Province, started complaining that his stomach hurt and his parents took him to…

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October 3, 2021
Read more about the article Man Spends 4 Days In Agony After Swallowing Chunky Old Nokia Phone
The phone that was swallowed by a man from Pristina, Kosovo in August 2021, and was in his abdomen for 4 days. (@skendert/Newsflash)
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Man Spends 4 Days In Agony After Swallowing Chunky Old Nokia Phone

https://youtu.be/-uMB7fiT4Gs This is the moment doctors successfully remove a mobile phone and its potentially life-threatening battery from a man's stomach four days after he decided to swallow it for reasons he wasn't willing to discuss. The 33-year-old man from Kosovo's capital Pristina spent four days in pain after he swallowed…

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September 4, 2021