Foreign body ingestion

Disorders associated with foreign body obstruction include: oesophageal peptic strictures, Schatzki's ring, eosinophilic oesophagitis, and malignancy. Appropriate diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of the underlying mechanical or functional pathology may help prevent the obstruction.

• Disorders associated with foreign body obstruction include oesophageal peptic stricture, Schatzki's ring, eosinophilic oesophagitis, and malignancy. Appropriate diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of the underlying mechanical or functional pathology may help prevent the obstruction.

• Objects that could potentially be ingested (e.g., coins, button or disc batteries, magnets, and razor blades) should be kept out of reach or in a secure place.

• Close supervision of potential risk groups such as children, patients with an intellectual disability, people who have schizophrenia, and prisoners may prevent some cases.

• Older people with poor dentition, denture bridges, and those with hurried eating have been considered at risk. Education and periodic dental evaluation may prevent some of these cases.

Appropriate diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of the underlying gastrointestinal mechanical or functional pathology may help to prevent the disorder.

Objects that can potentially be swallowed should be kept out of reach or in a secure place, and constant supervision should be given to children, people who have an intellectual disability, patients with psychiatric pathologies, and prisoners. Because toys with small batteries and magnets are ubiquitous, an effort should be made to increase parental awareness and alert manufacturers.

Education about proper eating and periodic dental evaluation may prevent some cases.