Miraculously Curtis Francis, 12, suffered just minor cuts and doctors were able to extract the nail scissors.
Curtis, who has severe learning difficulties, had managed to reach up to a shelf where they were kept while his mum Karon was busy and put them in his mouth.
At first 50-year-old Karon Edwards thought her son had swallowed a pen lid, but he soon started coughing up blood.
The visually impaired lad made a full recovery after the scissors were taken out under anaesthetic.
Karon, from Bristol, said: "He has no sense of danger and puts most objects in his mouth."
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THIS shocking picture shows how a pair of scissors got lodged in a boy's throat after he accidentally swallowed them.
Miraculously Curtis Francis, 12, suffered just minor cuts and doctors were able to extract the nail scissors.
Curtis, who has severe learning difficulties, had managed to reach up to a shelf where they were kept while his mum Karon was busy and put them in his mouth.
At first 50-year-old Karon Edwards thought her son had swallowed a pen lid, but he soon started coughing up blood.
The visually impaired lad made a full recovery after the scissors were taken out under anaesthetic.
Karon, from Bristol, said: "He has no sense of danger and puts most objects in his mouth."
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3211941/Gulp-Boy-12-swallows-scissors.html#ixzz14MK0eKL5
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