A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand has had part of his bowel surgically removed after he ingested nearly 200 high-powered magnets.

According to a recent case report, the child presented to Tauranga Hospital with abdominal pain, admitting to having swallowed possibly 100 neodymium magnets roughly a week prior. The actual number retrieved from his abdomen ended up being much higher.

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Using an X-ray, doctors imaged four linear chains in separate parts of the boy's bowel.

Once inside his abdomen, the small metal objects came together in a destructive way.

During surgery, the chains were found in separate sections of the small bowel and caecum. Squeezing together, they were causing several patches of tissue t

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