A 10-year-old boy accidentally broke a thermometer into his urethra! Doctor: There are many similar cases, and we should pay attention to children's sex education
According to a report by Jiangnan Metropolis Daily on September 25: The thermometer was inserted into the urethra, accidentally broken, and the stump remained in the body, which happened to a 10-year-old boy Hui Hui (pseudonym). On September 24, when Wang Jianghua, a doctor at Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, completely removed the stump of the thermometer, Hui Hui took a long breath.
It is understood that on the day of the incident, Hui Hui inserted a thermometer into the urethra and accidentally broke, resulting in one end in the urethra and the other end outside the body. He felt nervous and wanted to remove the thermometer stump in the urethra, and found that it slipped into the urethra, bleeding from the urethral meatus, accompanied by hematuria, pain, and was immediately rushed by his family to Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital for medical treatment.
After relevant examination, the doctor found that the residual of the Huihui thermometer had entered the bladder, so he immediately performed surgery and completely removed the residual part of the thermometer, which was about 6.5 cm long. Currently, Huihui is recovering.
Coincidentally, according to a report by Changsha Political and Legal Channel on April 1 last year, Xiao Yu (pseudonym), an 11-year-old boy, recently developed blood in the urine and has not improved after several days of treatment in the local hospital, at which time he told his family that he had stuffed a thermometer into the urethra for more than 10 days.
The family immediately referred him to Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital, and the examination found that there was indeed a thermometer in the urethra, and after surgical removal, Xiao Yu's body recovered.
According to Xiao Yu's aunt, because there are many children in the family, sometimes children with fever will use body temperature to measure temperature, Xiao Yu himself is also a little uncomfortable, may also feel curious, so he takes his body temperature to measure his body temperature, which may be stuffed in the wrong place.
Chen Yifu, deputy chief physician of the Department of Urology of Hunan Provincial Children's Hospital, said that this behavior of children is very dangerous, if the thermometer is broken, the fragments are embedded in the urethra and are very difficult to take, and may swim to other parts of the body, and mercury may also be poisoned after being absorbed by the body. It is not uncommon for a foreign body to be blocked in the urethra and admitted to the hospital, mostly because the child is young and ignorant, out of curiosity but afraid of parental blame, dare not inform in time, until various symptoms appear. Chen Yifu therefore reminded: we must strengthen sex education from an early age, do not think that children are ignorant when they are young, and tell him the correct concept.
According to Luwang Weifang on March 18, 2019, a 12-year-old boy accompanied by his parents went to the emergency department of Weifang People's Hospital, and after the parents' description, he learned that the child put a sewing needle of about 6cm into the urethra two days ago. Finally, the needle was removed after about 10 seconds, leaving no incision and no damage to the child's urethra.
Urethral placement of foreign bodies is common, especially in adolescents and children. There are many types of foreign bodies in the urethra, from the most common branches, wheat straw, elastic bands, valve cores to ballpoint refills, hairpins, toothpicks, thermometers, infusion tubes, bar parts of various children's toys, and so on. Urologists said that in the process of growing up, adolescents and children are full of curiosity about the surrounding world, like to perceive unknown things, and lack of understanding of physiological hygiene knowledge in adolescence, lack good self-control in their behavior, and are easily misled by external information. He suggested to the majority of teenagers, children and their parents that if such a situation occurs, do not blame the child excessively, let alone delay treatment, and seek medical attention in time to minimize the damage to their body.
Polar News Comprehensive Jiangnan Metropolis Daily, Changsha Political and Legal Channel, Luwang Weifang
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