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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 480
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| FOREIGN BODY TONGUE - DISK OF PATIENTS TONGUE RING SLIPPED UP INTO TONG UE - TONGUE SWOLLEN AND PAINFUL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PATIENT HAD HER TONGUE PIERCED 5 DAYS AGO, REMOVED TONGUE JEWELRY BECAU SE OF PAIN, HAS PUS IN STUD AREA. DX CELLULITIS OF TONGUE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| LIP LACERATION- BOYFRIEND CLAIMS HE WAS HELPING HER AND SHE INJURED HE RSELF ON HIS RING- NEITHER WILLING TO TELL THE TRUE STORY. ETOH ABUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Jewelry |
| LIP PIERCING GOT INFECTED. DX: LIP PX |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Jewelry |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN MOUTH WITH A HAND, RING HIT TOOTH AND BROKE IT. DX: FRACTURED TOOTH, S/P TRAUMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PATIENT HAD TONGUE PIERCED 5 DAYS AGO. NOW HAS TONGUE/JAW PAIN. WHITE COATING ON THROAT. D: OTITIS MEDIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2002 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| PT C/O SUDDEN BLEEDING FROM TONGUE RING HALF HOUR AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TONGUE LAC/32YOWF THINKS TONGUE RING CUT UNDERNEATH TONGUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Jewelry |
| HAD A EAR RING BALL STUCK IN TONGUE AND COULD NOT GET IT OUT. FOREIGN BODY IN TONGUE. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TRYING TO FIX BRACELET WITH TEETH AND DEVELOPED PAIN;TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA NOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Jewelry |
| TOUNGE HURTS FOR 3 DAYS ? PIERCED TONGUE DX: SUBLINGUAL IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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