Dr Aaron Johnston on the hidden gems he finds in the nasal cavities of small children
When it comes to objects lodged in noses, Dr Aaron Johnston's most memorable case was a girl with a butterfly charm in each nostril.
Barely halfway through his shift, paediatric emergency consultant Dr Aaron Johnston has already removed a Lego brick from a toddler’s nose.
It is obviously one of the more common procedures for paediatric doctors and not just those at Queensland Children’s Hospital.
But the hospital has now listed the top 10 foreign bodies it’s been removing from the noses of children based on its ED records over the last ten years.
With some 1,600 kids treated during this time, the list includes beads, Lego, small balls, seeds and crayons.
