Doctors in Saudi Arabia were stunned after discovering an automated teeth-cleaning device inside a 9-year-old boy on Christmas day.
The gastrointestinal fiasco occurred in Mecca after the unnamed child accidentally swallowed the head of an electric brush although the circumstances surrounding the incident are still unclear, Jam Press reported.
Following his inadvertent “deep clean,” the little boy was subsequently rushed to the Makkah Maternity and Children Hospital.
Alarming X-rays revealed that the brush was caught in the boy’s stomach, where it had the potential to cause a deadly intestinal blockage if it wasn’t removed.
Thankfully, surgeons were able to remove the intestinal interloper with an endoscope a thin lighted tube with a camera during a 20-minute procedure.
The young patient has since been discharged from the hospital and is reportedly recovering well following surgery.
Meanwhile, this isn’t the first time someone has accidentally swallowed an unlikely item.
(NYPost)
(Photo credit: Jam Press)
