10 Weird X-Rays Of Objects Stuck Inside The Human Body
Weird x-rays of objects stuck inside the human body are just fun. There’s not much more to say about it than that. Here are 10 such x-rays for you to look at so that you can ask yourself how these objects ended up where they did and how much each one must have hurt.
Chicken Bone
Far from the oddest foreign object ever to be found in a human body, the fact that this chicken bone appears to be firmly lodged in the individual’s trachea is still hard to believe. And how someone could manage to get it there is another mystery.
Cutlery
This page has numerous images of objects stuck inside the human body but one of them seems to be the winner by the sheer number of items. Scroll down until you see the x-ray of where someone managed to ingest 78 pieces of cutlery. You’d think even ingesting one would be a challenge.
Batteries
Yes, someone swallowed batteries. In the x-ray that can be found partway down this page you will see 4 size A4 batteries in this patient’s stomach. Technically, there’s the broken off handle of a spoon in there too.
A Penny
A child swallowed a penny. This is one of those things that every parent fears. Here is the image of the penny stuck in the child’s esophagus.
Metallic Objects
The patient depicted in this x-ray was being treated for depression which explains this sad story. The x-ray shows 14 metallic objects in hid body. The objects are nails, washers, and the like.
Toothbrush
This image shows a toothbrush inside a patient’s body. It is not always easy to see at first but look for the pattern of the bristles a little up and to the right from the center of the image and you’ll see it. Or just scroll your cursor over it and find it that way.
Scissors
This x-ray is an especially disturbing one. The fact that there are scissors inside this patient’s body is one thing. The fact that they got there by being left in her body after she had surgery is quite another. The inches were 6.7 inches long so you would think they would be hard to miss.
Knife
This image comes with another unbelievable story. The 16 year old boy depicted here was stabbed over an altercation involving a computer game. With the help of friends, he walked to the hospital to seek treatment.
Drill Bit
This x-ray shows a man who landed face first on an 18 inch long drill bit. Ow.
Pencil
This image shows a four year old girl who fell on a pencil. This x-ray of a penetrating wound to the eye will make it impossible for you to look at a pencil the same way again.
These are 10 weird x-rays of objects stuck inside the human body. These objects got inside the human body in different ways and are all pretty disturbing. It is neat to be able to see what’s going on inside the body in this way though.
T.R. Rheinecker blogs on a variety of topics, with a specific focus on where to find accredited institutions offering an online radiology degree.