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.