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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 910
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| DX:INFECTED NOSE RING SITE. HAS HAD NOSE RING X 1 YEAR BUT IN PAST TWO WEEKS AREA HAS REDDENED AND A VESICLE FORMED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| OD ITCHING & IRRITATION.RECENTLY HAD EYEBROW RING PUT IN.IRRITATION IN AREA OF RING.DX R BROW SWELLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| 20 YOF WEARS A RING IN RT. EYEBROW - DEVELOPED INFECTION FROM SAME. FOR EIGN BODY, RT. EYEBROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| A STUD IS STUCK IN THE SIDE OF FACE WHEN FACE WAS PEIRCED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAS REDNESS & DRAINAGE AROUND EYEBROW AND NIPPLE RINGS PIERCED 6 DAYS AGO. DX: CELLULITIS R BROW & L NIPPLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| LAC ABOVE R EYE.TACKLED BY FRIEND,CUT BY HIS RING.DX FACIAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PATIENT, WHO HAD EYEBROW PIERCED 5 WEEKS AGO, HAS SWELLING. REMOVED EYEBROW RING YESTERDAY. D:WOUND INFECTION S/P PIERCING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| EYEBROW RING PULLED OUT-EYEBROW LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| F.B. (R) NOSTRIL, PT STS EARRING KNOB STUCK IN HER NOSE, C/O PAIN, NO SIGNS OF INFECTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| F.B. (R) NOSTRIL, PT SUST INJURY WITH AN INBEDDED NOSE RING, C/O SWELLI NG & PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT WAS TRYING TO TAKE OUT HER NOSE RING WHEN THE BACKING GOT STUCK IN H ER NOSE- UNABLE TO LOCATE SENT TO ENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PATIENT HAS SWELLING AFTER EYEBROW PIERCING 2 DAYS AGO. ALSO HASSORE TH ROAT. D: PIERCING WOUND CHECK, PHARYNGITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| 18 Y/O F C/O UNABLE TO REMOVE NOSE RING.DX: NOSE PIERCING INFECTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| CELLULITIS EYEBROW -PATIENT PRESENTS WITH NOTED SWELLING, REDDNESS ANDT ENDERNESS AROUND PIERCED LEFT EYEBROW RING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT'S NASAL RING WAS EMBEDDED IN NOSTRIL.DX: FB L NASOLABIAL FOLD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| MVA UNREST DRIVER LEARNING TO DRIVE IN A PARKING LOT HIT ANOTHER CAR PT 'S HEAD HIT HER HAND W/ RING ON CAUSING LACERATION TO FOREHEAD NO LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Jewelry |
| STI FACE, VIA EMS, PT INVOLVED IN A MVA, DRIVER, W/O SEAT BELTS, STRUCK ON SIDE, SWALLOWED A TONGUE RING, STUCK IN THROAT, C/O MOUTH PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| INFECTED R EYEBROW - SWELLING FROM PIERCED EARRING IN EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| INFECTED EYEBROW PIERCING-JEWELRY REMOVED IN ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAS SWELLING AROUND EYEBROW RING. DX: R FACIAL CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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