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I swallowed a toothpick
I’m scared that it might puncture one of my organs should I go to an E.R I swallowed it whole on accident.
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Any foreign body ingested must be removed.!Better consult an gastro endoscopic to retrieve the object at the earliest.
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Better get an endoscopic retrieval of the toothpick done. Before that, confirm its position once with a radiograph.
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