X-ray Showing the Many Items Ingested by Patients Baffle Doctors

An interesting book titled, Stuck Up: 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn't Be, co-authored by an emergency

An interesting book titled, "Stuck Up: 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn't Be," co-authored by an emergency room physician and two other doctors has created a sensation in medical circles.

The X-rays show that patients have managed to ingest or insert strange things into their body.

Computed Tomography Scan (CT Scan)
Computed Tomography (CT) scan is a type of medical examination that uses X-rays and computer processing to create sectional images of the body to provide more efficient results than X-rays.

This has baffled many doctors who have found objects such as a gun, dolls, an iPod in the x-rays. The book also reveals that though we believe at most times that such an occurrence is an accident, most of the time it may not be the case.

Source-Medindia

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