A woman from the Lviv region lived for eight years with a mercury thermometer lodged in her body. It was removed by medical staff
In Lviv, medics saved the life of a woman who had sought treatment for abdominal pain. A mercury thermometer was found inside her body.
This was reported by the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University Hospital.
A 42-year-old woman from the Lviv region sought medical attention complaining of lower abdominal pain, frequent urges to urinate and urinary leakage. A CT scan revealed a mercury thermometer in the patient’s bladder, around which a stone had formed.
The stone had caused a perforation in the bladder wall and led to the formation of a vesico-vaginal fistula. As a result, the patient requires phased surgical treatment, and her recovery will be a lengthy process.
In the first stage, doctors removed the foreign body along with the stone. Once the wound has healed and the infection has been cleared, the fistula will need to be removed.
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