Rectal Foreign Body Causes

Foreign objects found in the rectum and anus seem to be limited only by the human imagination.

The majority of objects have been introduced through the anus. But sometimes a foreign body may be swallowed, pass through the digestive tract, and eventually get held up in the rectum.

• Common examples
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  • Fruits and vegetables
    
    
  • Bottles
    
    
  • Candles
    
    
  • Objects designed to be placed in the anus (such as vibrators or dildos)

• Rectal foreign bodies also may be found in the following circumstances:
  
  
  • In children
    
    
  • In psychiatric patients
    
    
  • In victims of assault
    
    
  • As a result of injury caused by medical practitioners (examples would be broken rectal thermometers and broken enema catheter tips)
    
    
  • As a result of an object used for sexual gratification