Foreign Body Nose
Brig Anwar ul Haq
Types
• Organic
• Inorganic
• Iatrogenic
• Pledgets
• Cotton swabs
• splints
Clinical Features
• Immediately report
• If noticed
• By himself
• Parents
• Late
• Child
• Iatrogenic
• Mentally retarded
Immediate Reporting
• History
• Bleeding
• If attempts at removing
Late Reporting
• Discharge
• Unilateral
• Foul smelling
• Blood stained
• Skin infection
Diagnosis
• History
• Anterior Rhinoscopy
• Anterior Rhinoscopy after decongestion
• Endoscopy
Diagnosis
• History
• Anterior Rhinoscopy
• Anterior Rhinoscopy after decongestion
• Endoscopy
• X- Ray
• CT Scan
Treatment
Removal
Removal
• Without anaesthesia
• Local anaesthesia
• General anaesthesia
• Ant Rhioscopy
• Endoscopy
Methods of Removal• forceps
Methods of removal
• hook
KATZ EXTRACTOR
INFLATE
Complications
•Nasal Infection
• Sinusitis
•Rhinolith - Stone Formation
• over the Foreign Body
• Inhalation into the
• Tracheobroncheal Tree.