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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 199
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/09/2010 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| DX SWALLOW' TOOTHPICK: 25YOM C/O SWALLOWING TOOTHPICK. STATES HIT IN BACK, MAKING HIM SWALLOW TOOTHPICK. FB SENSATION TO THROAT & ABD' PN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| HAS TOOTHPICK STUCK IN THROAT FOREIGN BODY THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | 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: Neck | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| DX FB SENSATION, THROAT: SPLINTERED TOOTHPICK IN MOUTH LAST NOC, FEELS LIKE PART IS STUCK ON L SIDE OF THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 22 YO MALE HAS TOOTHPICK STUCK IN THROAT ESOPHAGEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| POSSIBLE TOOTHPICK CAUGHT IN THROAT SINCE 8/14. DX: PHARYNGITIS AND PHARYNGEAL IRRITATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2000 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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