How to remove those things children put up their nose.

摘要

When a parent brings in a young child who has inexplicably used his or her nostril as the repository for an object like a marble or a button, are you prepared to get it out-or do you send them to the ED? If you send patients to the local hospital (or otolaryngologist), you're not alone. Lack of appropriate equipment prevents many family physicians from handling this all-too-common dilemma. Yet you can usually retrieve a nasal foreign body yourself, if you have several simple instruments (figure 1) and a topical decongestant and anesthetic on hand.