Лікарі в місті Ухань, Китай, виявили 2-сантиметровий уламок термометра в сідниці місцевої жительки, відомої як пані Ху, через 22 роки після нещасного випадку в дитинстві. Ця дивовижна знахідка була зроблена під час обстеження, спричиненого іншою травмою.
Інцидент стався, коли пані Ху була ученицею початкової школи. Під час уроку вона випадково сіла на термометр, який тримав її однокласник, шукаючи гумку під партою. Уламок скла застряг у лівій сідниці, і хоча лікарі намагалися його видалити, частина залишилася в тілі, непомічена через прозорість скла на рентгенівських знімках.
Pictured: An X-ray showing the broken piece of a thermometer lodged inside Ms Hus bum for 22 years.
Thermometer stuck in womans bum for 22 years
A broken piece of a thermometer was lodged in a womans bum for 22 years.
The patient – named only as Ms Hu – sat on the measuring instrument when she was a young girl in primary school.
The 2cm-long piece remained lodged in her left buttock for over two decades.
Her doctor said she was lucky there wasnt any mercury inside.
Ms Hu, who lives in Wuhan, China, explained: I was sitting at my desk when a classmate asked to borrow my rubber.
I dropped it on the floor and went to look for it.
My classmate also searched for it under the desk, but he happened to be holding a thermometer in his hand, which was resting on my chair.
I found it before him, so I went to sit down.
The thermometer became stuck in the flesh of my left buttock.
She was rushed to the hospital, where doctors attempted to remove the foreign object, as reported by NeedToKnow.
Ms Hu said: When they took it out, it was much shorter.
I started crying and said it shouldnt be like that.
She added: They did another X-ray, but this time it didnt show anything because the glass was transparent; I guess it didnt show up on the scan at the time.
However, the object appeared in a 3D CT scan last month after Ms. Hu suffered a cycling injury and was concerned about a sacral fracture.
When doctors observed the detailed image, they clearly saw the shape of the broken thermometer piece lodged behind her pelvis.
Dr Shang Ranran, attending physician at Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, said: It was about 2cm long.
It was lucky there wasnt any mercury inside.
If so, it could have caused mercury poisoning and other very dangerous conditions.
ENDS
Pictured: An X-ray showing the broken piece of a thermometer lodged inside Ms Hus bum for 22 years.
Thermometer stuck in womans bum for 22 years
A broken piece of a thermometer was lodged in a womans bum for 22 years.
The patient – named only as Ms Hu – sat on the measuring instrument when she was a young girl in primary school.
The 2cm-long piece remained lodged in her left buttock for over two decades.
Her doctor said she was lucky there wasnt any mercury inside.
Ms Hu, who lives in Wuhan, China, explained: I was sitting at my desk when a classmate asked to borrow my rubber.
I dropped it on the floor and went to look for it.
My classmate also searched for it under the desk, but he happened to be holding a thermometer in his hand, which was resting on my chair.
I found it before him, so I went to sit down.
The thermometer became stuck in the flesh of my left buttock.
She was rushed to the hospital, where doctors attempted to remove the foreign object, as reported by NeedToKnow.
Ms Hu said: When they took it out, it was much shorter.
I started crying and said it shouldnt be like that.
She added: They did another X-ray, but this time it didnt show anything because the glass was transparent; I guess it didnt show up on the scan at the time.
However, the object appeared in a 3D CT scan last month after Ms. Hu suffered a cycling injury and was concerned about a sacral fracture.
When doctors observed the detailed image, they clearly saw the shape of the broken thermometer piece lodged behind her pelvis.
Dr Shang Ranran, attending physician at Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, said: It was about 2cm long.
It was lucky there wasnt any mercury inside.
If so, it could have caused mercury poisoning and other very dangerous conditions.
ENDS
Pictured: The broken piece of a thermometer after being removed from the inside of Ms Hu’s bum.
Thermometer stuck in woman’s bum for 22 years
A broken piece of a thermometer was lodged in a woman’s bum for 22 years.
The patient – named only as Ms Hu – sat on the measuring instrument when she was a young girl in primary school.
The 2cm-long piece remained lodged in her left buttock for over two decades.
Her doctor said she was “lucky there wasn’t any mercury inside”.
Ms Hu, who lives in Wuhan, China, explained: “I was sitting at my desk when a classmate asked to borrow my rubber.
“I dropped it on the floor and went to look for it.
“My classmate also searched for it under the desk, but he happened to be holding a thermometer in his hand, which was resting on my chair.
“I found it before him, so I went to sit down.
“The thermometer became stuck in the flesh of my left buttock.”
She was rushed to the hospital, where doctors attempted to remove the foreign object, as reported by NeedToKnow.
Ms Hu said: “When they took it out, it was much shorter.
“I started crying and said it shouldn’t be like that.”
She added: “They did another X-ray, but this time it didn’t show anything because the glass was transparent; I guess it didn’t show up on the scan at the time.”
However, the object appeared in a 3D CT scan last month after Ms. Hu suffered a cycling injury and was concerned about a sacral fracture.
When doctors observed the detailed image, they clearly saw the shape of the broken thermometer piece lodged behind her pelvis.
Dr Shang Ranran, attending physician at Wuhan No. 1 Hospital, said: “It was about 2cm long.
“It was lucky there wasn’t any mercury inside.
“If so, it could have caused mercury poisoning and other very dangerous conditions.”
ENDS
Пані Ху згадує, що після невдалої спроби видалення лікарі не змогли виявити уламок на рентгені, і вона продовжила жити з ним, не відчуваючи серйозного дискомфорту. Лише нещодавно, після травми під час їзди на велосипеді, вона звернулася до лікарні через підозру на перелом крижової кістки. Комп’ютерна томографія виявила 2-сантиметровий шматок скла, що залишався в її тілі 22 роки.
Лікар Шан Ранран із лікарні №1 міста Ухань зазначив, що знахідка була унікальною через тривалий час перебування уламка в тілі без серйозних наслідків. На щастя, уламок не містив ртуті, що могло б спричинити отруєння чи інші небезпечні стани. За його словами, збереження такого об’єкта в тілі протягом десятиліть є надзвичайно рідкісним випадком.
Зараз пані Ху проходить додаткові обстеження, щоб оцінити, чи потрібне хірургічне видалення уламка. Цей випадок став ще одним доказом того, як сучасні технології, такі як 3D-томографія, дозволяють виявляти приховані проблеми, що залишалися непоміченими роками.
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