sticking things where they shouldn't
By doormouse
@doormouse (4599)
October 26, 2009 5:18pm CST
my neighbours 2 year old daughter had to go A&E today coz she has stuck something in her ear,the doctors don't know what it is coz she stuck it too far in,all they know is it's black,so she's got ear drops to use and if the object hasn't come out in 3 weeks then they will have to operate to get it out,,,have you or your children stuck things in ears,nose etc,all i got stuck when i was younger was a spring in my finger
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18 responses
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
27 Oct 09
For some reason little kids like to put things in their nose and ears. My daughter put some crayon wrappers in her ear when she was about 5 or 6. I thought it was dried crumpled up leaves. The Dr washed it out at his office and she never put any thing in her ears or nose again. It seams to me that the Dr could have flushed out the object with warm water if he could see the object.
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@stealthy (8181)
• United States
26 Oct 09
I've had splinters of various kinds under fingernails several times and they are very hard to get out since they usually break easily and you have to dig them out with a pin or needle. Then of course there is stepping on nails and such but they are usually easy to get but just really hurt a lot.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Oct 09
hi doormouse yes my little girl stuck a bean up her nose, but
with the aid of a flashlight and a pair of tweezers I got the
bean out before the moisture in her nose could make it swell.
I once was startled when I was working as a nurses aide while writing something down using a very sharp pencil. I spun around'
and jabbed the end of the pencil into my little finger. I pulled
out the pencil but the end of the lead broke off deep inside my'finger. For years I carried that little black thing in my finger until it was at last absorbed. for awhile it was really painful too.
@kezabelle (2974)
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1 Nov 09
My youngest is 3.5 so really old enough to know better but two weeks ago she stuck a bead up her nose, thankfully while it was small enough to fit up it was too big for her to really shove it right up so I managed to pop it out again by pressing the side of her nose, my eldest is rather good actually she has never stuck anything where it shouldnt be, theyve had their share of accidents and a&e visits though thats for sure
@Canellita (12029)
• United States
30 Oct 09
I can not understand why it is children are always sticking things up their noses or in the case of your neighbor's child, an ear. It just seems crazy to me.
@triplejazzm51 (1373)
• Philippines
27 Oct 09
Well, i remember when we were kids my brother stuck a match stick in his ear. Good thing my mother was able to pull it out. Few days after we noticed that his nose smells awful. When we inspected his nose, we saw a seed of a bean inside and he said that its' been there for four days already. My brother was about 5 years old at that time.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
27 Oct 09
Hi TrippleJazzm,
Reading your post made me remember my cousin who was operated for having a bean inside his nose. Nobody knew about this until his parents smell something bad from his nose. It was only during the check up that it was found out that my cousin has a bean seed inside and the doctor said that it's been there for a long time that's why his nose was already infected. During that time, the hospital was not equipped with advanced equipment for cases like that-- it took them awhile in taking the bean seed out and it was a bloody process. My cousin was shouting for pain.
@bucketkid (237)
• Australia
27 Oct 09
they only thing i have ever had stuck is a few thumb tacks in my heel, and maybe a nail once. i little bit painful but not too bad
my brother in law though, was doing the washing up and dropped a kitchen knife, ne jumped due to the shock and when he came down, the knife had bounced and came up through the bottom of his foot and out the top.
his mum passed out and when the ambulance came, they gave her the oxygen.
@mymelodake (1338)
• Philippines
27 Oct 09
I personally don't recall sticking something into my ear or nose or anywhere when I was young. At most I just stuck stickers all over my closet wall LOL! I was actually afraid of getting something into my ear, like a bug, so I would sleep with a pillow covering my ear. But I did have a classmate in elementary that got a broken crayon stuck in his nose. It was just a tiny tiny piece of a scented crayon and he tried to smell it and accidentally inhaled it. He had to go to the nurse to get it out.
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
27 Oct 09
That is typical behavior of children they seem to want to stick things in their noses and ears.
It is lucky it was found right away because something like that can cause complications if left unattended.
I am sure when she grows up it will be an incident they can laugh about however right now it is probably not very funny.
@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
27 Oct 09
I'm so sorry for laughing, as this is truly not funny, but...I don't think I've ever known a child who didn't stick something in the ear or nose, not one lol.
Each of my daughters did, one a piece of corn in her nose, another a tiny toy in her ear, and the third a dime in the nose.
I remember sticking a paper match up my nose when I was little.
Thank God for emergency room doctors and their special tools to reach these things when a parent cannot!
Karen
@jugsjugs (12967)
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27 Oct 09
I had to take my son to hospital as he had put a tooth in his ear,which had came out of his mouth.I took him to the hospita where two nurses and a doctor removed it with a tool that they put into his ear.This hurt my son them getting it out,so he never done that again.My daughter that was 14 swollowed a two pound coin whilst messing about had to have an operation to remove it from her throat.So i do not think it matters what age they are they still do silly things.
@msfrancisco9369 (10002)
• Boston, Massachusetts
27 Oct 09
I was exposed in working in a clinic and there were so many related cases concerning kids with a bean, beads, coin, inside their nose and ears. I pitied them as they suffered the pain during the process of taking it out. Kids are just so curious to explore everything without knowing the consequences of their "cute" actions. My experience when i was a kids was an ant went inside my ear and could not come out. It was so painful. My parents brought me to the hospital and the ENT took it out.
@StickyWoo (72)
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27 Oct 09
hi doormouse, i have actually done something like that before i was about 5 or 6 and i got a smartie stuck up my nose and my mum rushed me down to the iimeadiate care and we got down there and i had one last try to try and get it out and i never actually did i just got a nosebleeed and sinse that day i have suffered with nose bleeds when i sneeze and its terrible i hate it.
@sylviamak (60)
• Singapore
28 Oct 09
The most important thing is to keep an eye on our children and teach them the importance of safety. Since they were young, I tell them the importance of home safety by readidng story books on home safety. It really helps. In addition, when things happen, we quickly send them for medical help. We pray for the safety awareness of our children and other children in the world. We also pray for God's protection for the children when we have done our best.
Sylvia
@crys7881 (249)
• United States
27 Oct 09
That is so scary, hopefully whatever it is will fall out on it's own!! I remember when I was little I stuck a green Skittle up my nose, why I have NO idea!! But I remember being so scared when I couldn't get it out, I went to the bathroom and tried to see it then I like blew really hard and it came out! That taught me never to do anything like that again lol
@gunagohan (3414)
• India
27 Oct 09
yes, this happened to me once....
when i was 4 years old, i was eating an apple and suddenly i fell in my mother's lap and started sleeping, my mother was cutting the apple into piece's suddenly some of the seeds fell into my ear, i was crying and my mommy got scared, she rushed me to a nearby hospital, they examined me for around half an hour , then with a syringe, they removed the seed from my ear...
@Philbo (578)
• Canada
27 Oct 09
I didn't and neither have my kids. One of my younger brothers stuck a crayon in his ear and had to have the doctor remove it. I was little and don't remember if it was done at the doctor's office or the hospital. Big kids sometimes do that sort of thing as well. In college one of the girls was joking around and put a big blueberry in her nostril as a joke. Someone made her laugh and she snorted it. Had to go to the doctor to have it taken out.
