Repeated Behavior of Deliberate Foreign Body Ingestion in a Patient with Psychiatric Disorder: A Case Report

Francisco Javier Buils^1,2*, Guillermo Renau¹, Juan José Sánchez Cano^1,2, Manuel Rodriguez^1,2, Javier Menéndez¹, Nico Lobo¹, Stephanie Haupt¹, Miriam Galiana¹, Lidia Sevillano¹, Antonio Sánchez Marín^1,2
1Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Sant Joan University Hospital, Reus, Tarragona, Spain.
²Rovira I Virgili University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Surgery Unit, Tarragona, Spain.

Correspondence to: Francisco Javier Buils, Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Sant Joan University Hospital, Reus, Tarragona, Spain.
Received date: July 25, 2024; Accepted date: August 13, 2024; Published date: August 20, 2024
Citation: Buils FJ, Renau G, Sánchez Cano JJ, et al. Repeated Behavior of Deliberate Foreign Body Ingestion in a Patient with Psychiatric Disorder: A Case Report. J Med Res Surg. 2024;5(4):94-96. doi: 10.52916/jmrs244144
Copyright: ©2024 Buils FJ, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Self-destructive behavior within the psychiatric sphere can occur both directly and indirectly. Intentional ingestion of foreign bodies has rarely been discussed in the psychiatric literature. Most reports of foreign body ingestion have been in prisoners. Psychiatric patients who swallow sharp foreign objects have serious psychopathologies, possible suicidal ideation, and past psychiatric hospitalizations.
We believe that the approach to this group of patients should be focused on the one hand, on the resolution of the surgical pathology aimed at reversing the risk that it could mean for the patient's life, and on the other hand, on the resolution of the underlying pathology, which is the behavioral disorder, in order to avoid the recurrence of the condition.
We present the case of a 29-year-old patient with borderline personality disorder referred from her psychiatric center due to ingestion of several foreign bodies.

Keywords:

Foreign bodies, Emergency surgery, Psychiatric patient, Endoscopic, Gastrostomy.

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