A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to 100 high-power magnets he bough
t on Temu, forcing surgeons to remove tissue from his intestines.
After suffering four days of abdominal pain, the unnamed teen was taken to Taura
nga Hospital on the North Island.
An X-ray showed the magnets had clumped together in four straight lines inside t
he child’s intestines.
"These appeared to be in separate parts of bowel adhered together due to magneti
c forces."
Doctors said the pressure of the magnets had caused necrosis － tissue death －
in four areas of the boy’s small bowel and caecum, which is part of the large i
ntestine.
Surgeons operated to remove the dead tissue and retrieve the magnets, and the ch
ild was able to return home after an eight-day spell in hospital.