As the Thanksgiving holiday comes to a close, many people in health care are thankful that most of the food impactions,

different types of gastroontoritis, and various injuries, possibly even during Black Friday holiday sales have come to pass.

However, we did discuss a year ago about the commonality of food impactions,

which basically can occur from a number of reasons.

Strictures, Eosynophilic esophagitis, or simply just eating too fast.

And in a brief review, when it happens, your friendly neighborhood internist or gastrointestinalontrologist will basically come down and remove the

fruit impaction from the esophagus. But sometimes in health care we are well

aware that there can be impactions in other parts of the body. That's right, another

emergency that does tend to happen a great deal after holidays are rectal foreign objects. This is basically the upside down of food impactions, and yes, it's even happened in a Seinfeld episode known as the Fusilly Jerry.

And in this episode, Kramer starts making pasta-shaped designs of his friends and statues,

and he creates a Fusilly Jerry. And in that episode George Costan's father, Frank,

ends up falling on it. What he says is I fell on some fusilly. You know, the corks grew pasta.

It was a fusily Jerry. It got stuck in me.

Had to go to a proctologist. It was a million to one chance, doc. A million to one chance.

A famous phrase that became synonymous with rectal foreign objects.

And so ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this week's podcast. became synonymous with rectal foreign objects.

And so ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this week's podcast,

where we discuss a different type of impaction,

the management of rectal foreign objects.

And if you're wondering why, well, I can tell you very simply during Thanksgiving, it became pretty common.

And so what is better than real life experience handling it yourself as a health care provider?

I'm Dr. Niket Son Paul and welcome we're here.

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