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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 388
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/09/2002 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT ATTEMPTED TO POP PIMPLE IN EAR WITH BOBBY PIN ON FRIDAY. COMPLAINING OF EAR PAIN SINCE. D: OTITIS EXTERNA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT. CLEANED EAR W/BOBBY PIN. DX. ACUTE OTITIS EXTERNA L, CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| USED A BOBBY PIN TO SCRATCH INNER EAR AT HOME DX .B IRRITATION EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Combs or hairbrushes |
| 38 YO F DIGGING IN EAR W/HAIRPIN AND HAIR PICK CERUMEN IMPACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| LEFT EUSTACHIAN TUBE DYSFUNCTION, DEVELOPED PAIN IN EAR AFTER CLEANING EAR WITH A BOBBY PIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STATES A FLY FLEW INTO HIS EAR, GOT STUCK THERE WHEN HE USED ABOBBY PIN IN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE DX:FOREIGN BODY TO EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| WIFE CLEANING EAR WITH H2O2, STUCK BOBBY PIN IN EAR, LOUD POP, RIGHT EA R STARTED BLEEDING. RIGHT PERFORATED TM, ?RIGHT OTITIS MEDIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT DX F.B IN RT EAR/TM RUPTURE - C/O HAIR PIN EMBEDDED IN RT EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT STATES FELT LIKE SOMETHING WAS CRAWLING IN HER RIGHT EAR PATIENT PUT A BOBBY PIN IN EAR & PULLED OUT A PC OF SOMETHING BROWN IN COLOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT FEELS SCRATCHY EAR AS IF SOMETHING CRAWLING IN IT, TRIED TO SCRATCH EAR WITH BOBBY PIN, DX FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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