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Ok, so I need to know what the side effects might be have having a fish hook type object in your arm. I mean like way in there, and not taking it out. Would that person survive? What would happen to them? The fish hook type object is basically a marble sized object with barbs sticking from it.

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You can get Tetanus, a infection from metal, that causes muscle paralysm. You can also get an abscess which is a skin disease.

What would happen once you removed the object... I have something like that in my piece as well. Would there be permanent muscle damage or what?

It's in their back and they're about 14... but they aren't human so I guess I can make up random healing powers (ugh, deus ex machina, right?)

Thank you

Thanks! Yeah, its gonna be fun writing that bit...

You would probably get an infection, unless you bathe it in alcohol or hydrogen peroxide daily. Seeing as your name is :elf: I'm going to take a big chance (not really that big) and assume you're in a fantasy world. Alcohol is still around for fantasy worlds.

I'd have them soak that sucker with booze to keep it clean.

Also, it wouldn't tear any muscles unless it got caught in them. I've received multiple stab wounds and lacerations before and I've never had any real muscle damage. You can still tear a few fibers without getting in too much trouble. It would still get really swollen and nasty, but they wouldn't lose the use of their arm if they got it in their shoulder, for instance.

What I've done for fishhook wounds- and what is generally accepted as the best route- is to push the fishook through until the barb comes out of the skin, then you cut the barb off and pull the now barbless hook back through the wound. I've done it before to myself, so it's obviously not impossible. Your character just needs to steel their self up and ignore all the pain signals coming through to their brain. They might throw up from the stress, but they'll get it done.

Remember, people are durable little critters. They can take a remarkable amount of damage and keep on ticking. I am living proof of that very truth.

Hope I was helpful.