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Popular magnets pose risk if swallowed - 1/28/2012 10:54:05 PM
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fiery
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Apparently kids are using them to make it look like their tongue's pierced but it's a very dangerous practice and led to surgery for a 10 year old.
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...That accidental swallowing led to five days at Inova Fairfax Hospital, at least 10 X-rays, three CT scans and an endoscopy. Finally, on Jan. 20, a surgeon used a metal instrument to manipulate the magnets into her appendix, avoiding major surgery. He then removed her appendix, and the magnets, doctors said.
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