Paddy, a foreign body in the vagina of children in Rural Bengal : A tragic event

ATIN HALDER; SUBHAM GIRI; ANKIT HALDER; SASWATI HALDER

Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

Paddy, a foreign body in the vagina of children in Rural Bengal : A tragic event

Atin Halder, Subham Giri, Ankit Halder, Saswati Halder

Abstract :

Paddy as a foreign body in the vagina is seen in rural Bengal as the girl child are mostly playing in the paddy fields without any under garments. Study conducted in BMCH, Burdwan and observed that paddy insertion was complaint by the mother but no paddy was identified. Moreover iatrogenic vaginal lacerations was done by untrained personnel. So awareness of parent is needed to avoid the hazards of paddy and other foreign body insertion in the vagina of their kids and its future complications.