A ajuns la spital cu dureri groaznice. Medicii i-au găsit în abdomen un obiect pe care îl avea în organism de 20 de ani

A 32-year-old man in China discovered he had accidentally swallowed a mercury thermometer at age 12, which remained in his body for 20 years. He sought medical help due to abdominal pain, leading to the discovery of the thermometer in his duodenum. Despite no immediate symptoms after swallowing it, the thermometer posed risks of intestinal perforation and mercury exposure. Doctors carefully removed the object, which was almost intact, highlighting the unusual case of a foreign object remaining undetected in the body for so long. Similar cases have been documented in medical literature.