Repeated Intentional Swallowing of Foreign Objects by an Adolescent Girl (Case Report)

Introduction: Intentional swallowing of foreign objects is a relatively rare psychopathological behavior. Adolescents and young adults may carry out this act to hurt themselves or even suicide. Often, most reports related deliberate are typically either surgical gastrointestinal rarely found in psychiatric articles; more often, the swallowed (80 - 90%) disposed spontaneously, 10 20% them require endoscopy for study less than 1% need surgery be removed its complications. Case Presentation: The presented patient 17-year-old girl admitted psychosomatic ward Afzalipour Hospital due intentional poisoning. During year before her admission, on three separate occasions, she detached knife blade from haft it. She underwent laparotomy twice, one time sigmoid tearing damage left Ovary, remove regeneration ovary sigmoid, another order not cause intestines. To our knowledge, first reported case world which an has been damaged. Further investigation into background shows some extent privation family's long-term economic problems instability; moreover, sexual physical abuse was also confirmed. prescribed clozapine, decreased suicidal behavior attempts noticeably. Conclusions: Swallowing bodies interpreted as both self-punishment punishing others (those who thought they were blamed their despair rejection). resistant other self-harming activities have worse prognosis. requires sophisticated process that, if correctly managed, result serious complications; therefore, appropriate counseling supportive treatment necessary these patients. Specific eliminating effects suicide reaching medical stability with short admission necessary. Her significantly after starting clozapine treatment. Therefore, recommended patients self-harm.