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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,915
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT. SELF-PIERCED LIP, GOT INFECTED. DX. INFECTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT, WHO PIERCED TONGUE ON 12/17, HAS TONGUE BLEEDING X 2 DAYS. REQUESTS REMOVAL OF PIERCING. D:TONGUE PIERCING BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2004 | 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| HAD A LOWER LIP PIERCING 2 WKS AGO AND NOW IT IS INFECTED DX INFECTED LIP PIERCING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAD TONGUE RING PLACED 2 WK AGO & HAS INFECTION. DX: INFECTION TONGUE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAD TONGUE PIERCED AND NOW TONGUE IS SWOLLEN AND RED AROUND EARRING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2004 | 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT GOT LIP PIERCED 2 MONTHS AGO LIP IS SWOLLEN AND TENDER. DX GRANDULATION TISSUE TO INNER LIP AFTER PIERCING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| FOREIGN BODY UPPER LIP-C/O PAIN AND INFECTION TO UPPER LIP AFTER HAVING A METAL STUD EARRING PIERCED INTO LIP AND CHEEK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TONGUE LAC, PT INJURED TONGUE WITH A TOUNGUE RING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TONGUE EDEMA. PT DEVELOPED EDEMA FROM TONGUE RING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| UNABLE TO GET PIERCING (POST-BALL) OUT OF LIP DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT W/ TONGUE DISCOMFORT. HAD TONGUE PIERCED 2 YRS AGO & NOW AREA IS PUL LING. REMOVED PIERCING 2 DAYS AGO. CONTINUED PAIN.D:MIGRATORY GLOSSITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| LIP RING STUD STUCK IN LOWER LIP FB LOWER LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAS INFECTION AROUND LIP PIERCING RING. DX: PIERCING INFECTION L UPPER LIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Jewelry |
| HIMORRAGE TONGUE WHEN PIERCED WITH RING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Jewelry |
| WAS EATING MEAT AND BIT DOWN ON HIS TONGUE RING, BREAKING HIS UPPER MOLAR, C/O PAIN. AVULSE TOOTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON LIP WITH LIP RING IN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT C/O OF TONGUE PAIN/SWELLING SINCE SHE INSERTED A TONGUE RING 3DYS AG O SUSTAINED ''TONGUE PAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| FRENCH KISSING CUT TONGUE ON A RING LACERATION TONGUE FRENULEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PATIENT REMOVED HER TONGUE RING AND PUT IN ANOTHER. DX; CELLULITIS, PROBABLE ALLERGY TO METAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT WITH TONGUE BLEEDING STATUS POST REMOVAL OF TONGUE BALL. BLEEDING FR OM PIERCING SITE X 1 HOUR. D: TONGUE BLEEDING. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/07/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TONGUE INF. PT'S TONGUE WAS BLEEDING FROM A TONGUE RING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| LIP FB-RECENT LIP PIERCING-AREA SWOLLEN-JEWELRY REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| 23 YOM TONGUE STUD STCK IN TONGUE F'BODY TONGUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PUNCTURE TONGUE, PT GOT PIERCED TONGUE FOR A TONGUE RING, C/O PAIN, INFECTION, NO ABLE TO EAT. DENIES SWEATS OR CHILLS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT SUST LACERATION TO TONGUE FROM TONGUE RING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TONGUE SWELLING. PT DEVELOPED SWELLING IN TONGUE FROM A RING PIERCING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TONGUE INFECTION-SINCE RECENT PIERCING-RING REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAD TONGUE PIERCING IN JANUARY. TOOK OUT TONGUE PIERCING IN MARCH. T ONGUE SWELLING X 2 WEEKS. D: CELLULITIS, TONGUE, URI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry, Doors |
| PT STICKING TONGUE OUT AT FRIEND WHILE CLOSING DOOR, TONGUE BOLT GOT CA UGHT AND RIPPED OUT OF TONGUE. LAC TONGUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2004 | 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| HAD LIP PIERCES W/ COSMETIC STUD 13 DYAS AGO HAS REDNESS AND SORNESS DX FB REMOVAL R UPPER LIP/ CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT DD FOREIGN BODY IN UPPER LIP - PT STATES SHE PUT RING IN LIP X3 WKS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT C/O"SWELLING ON TONGUE" 1 DAY AGO.PT WORE TONGUE RING X1 YEAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| 22 YO MALE HAD TONGUE RING PUT IN AND HAS INFECTION CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT. HAD TONGUE PIERCED WITH JEWELRY AND NOW HAS PAINFUL AND SWOLLEN TONGUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT HAS 2 DAYS OF SWELLING AND ITCHING OF LIP AFTER LIP PIERCING 3 WEEKS AGO IN ***. SWELLING OVER RING. D:INFECTED LIP PIERCING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry, Telephones or telephone accessories |
| LACERATION LIP - 16 YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HER LEFT UPPER LIP, C AUSED BY MOTHER'S RING WHEN MOTHER GRABBED THE PHONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TONGUE RING SPACER STUCK IN TONGUE DX: TONGUE RING REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT WITH SWOLLEN NECK AND TONGUE. HAD TONGUE PIERCED YESTERDAY BY FRIEND . NOT TAKING ANY MEDS. D: DYSTONIC REACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| FB TONGUE RING EMBEDDED IN TONGUE. DX LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/01/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| FOREIGN BODY TONGUE - 17 YOM USED A SHORTER TONGUE RING TWO DAYS AGO, G OT BOTTOM PART EMBEDDED IN TONGUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PATIENT HAD HIS TONGUE PIERCED A FEW DAYS AGO AND IS NOW INFECTED. DX-TONGUE INFECTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| FB INGESTION EARRING.PT SWALLOWED A TONGUE EARRING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| HORSING AROUND WITH FRIEND AND LIP RING WAS STRUCK CAUGHT LAC TO LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT'S LIP RING PULLED OUT OF LOWER LIP WHILE MOSHING AT PUNK CONCERT. D: LIP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| CELLULITIS TONGUE - 18 YOF TOOK OUT TONGUE RING AND DISCOVERED A FOUL O DOR, GREEN/WHITE TONGUE AND BLISTERS TO LIPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TONGUE STUD HIT FRONT TOOTH DX. TOOTH DAMAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT, WHO HAS PIERCED PIECE THROUGH BOTTOM LOWER LIP, HAS LIP SWELLING AN D CHEEK SWELLING SINCE YESTERDAY. D: BUCCAL CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT, WITH MULTIPLE BODY PIERCINGS, HAS INFECTION ON TONGUE SINCE TONGUE PIERCING ON 2/04. D: CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2004 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PATIENT HAD A TONGUE RING PUT IN HER TONGUE PAIN AND SWELLING TO TONGUE.. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| 19 YOF BIT DOWN ON TONGUE STUD LAC TONGUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| LIP RING STUCK IN MOUTH PAINFUL DX: REMOVED FB/LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| FB REMOVED FROM TONGUE/25YOF PRESENTS AFTER BEING UNABLE TO REMOVE PIER CING FROM TONGUE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| GOT LT SIDE LIP PIERCED. FOREIGN BODY LIP-REMOVED & TWISTED ANKLE TODAY . ACUTE SPRAIN RT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|