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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 648
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/13/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| CHEWING ON GLASS CANDLE HOLDER WHEN SWALLOWED A PIECE;DX INGESTED OBJEC T |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2009 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT SWALLOWED PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS FROM CANDLE HOLDER; FOREIGN BODY ING ESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SWALLOWED PIECE OF GLASS FROM CANDLE HOLDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PARENTS STS CHILD DRANK CANDLE WAX COUGHING FOREIGN BODY GI/GU TOXIC EFFECT |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/23/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| NORMAL EXAM-? SWALLOWED A SHARD OF GLASS FROM A JAR CANDLE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| ATE BROKEN GLASS OF CANDLE;DX INGESTED OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| INGESTED CANDLE WAX;DX INGESTED OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2007 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| GLASS INGESTION. PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A BROKEN CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders, Floors or flooring materials |
| GLASS CANDLE HOLDER FELL CHILD MAY HAVE PICKED UP AND INGESTED FROM FLO OR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2007 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT GOT IN TO BOX THAT HAD A BROKEN GLASS CANDLESTICK IN IT AND SWALLOWE D A PIECE. DX; FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2007 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SWALLOWED LIQUID CANDLE ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA BECAUSE OF LIQUID CANDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 01/03/2007 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SWALLOWED CANDLE WAX/INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2006 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS FROM CANDLE HOLDER. DX: POSS FB INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2006 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| INGESTION - 13 MOF DRANK LIQUID WAX FROM A CANDLE JUST PTA, UNKNOWN HOW MUCH INGESTED, ACTING NORMALLY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| FB INGESTION-SWALLOWED A GLASS CANDLE RING W/A SMOOTH CONTOUR-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2004 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| MOM STATES CHILD WAS PLAYING WITH A ***CANDLE & POSSIBLY BIT A PIECEOF THE GLASS OFF DX: S/P FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2004 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| MAY HAVE SWALLOWED METAL PIECE FROM CANDLE WHEN PLAYING WITH CANDLE, UN ABLE TO LOCATE, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY; SUSPECTED INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PATIENT SWALLOWED THE METAL HOLDING THE WICK ON A CANDLE. DX-ACUTE ESOPHAGEAL FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2002 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| SWALLOWED BIRTHDAY CANDLE HOLDER DX. INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2001 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/11/2000 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2000 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2000 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2000 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/1999 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/1999 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/1998 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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