About foreign body in a child true statement is:: (A) unilateral fetid discharge, (B) Presents with unilateral nasal obstruction, (C) Has torrential epistaxis, (D) Inanimate is more common than animate
Answer is B. A,B and D Foreign Bodies in children cAn be Animate-larvae,maggots,beetles; Inanimate-peas,beans,dried pulses,nuts,paoee,cotton wool and pieces of pencil. Ref Dhingra 6/e,p 161;Turber 10/e,p 62.