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A schoolboy nearly died after swallowing two magnetic tongue studs that damaged his intestines.

Michael Delaney needed life-saving surgery to remove the fake piercings and he has warned other youngsters of the dangers associated with them.

The magnets tore through his intestines and acid from the metal caused serious damage.

Michael is one of four pupils who were taken to hospital from St Matthew’s RC High School in Moston, Gtr Manchester, after accidentally ­swallowing the studs.

(Image: Hussey Dennis)

The 15-year-old said: “It was frightening. I couldn’t walk, talk or move with the pain and the thought I could be dead if I hadn’t gone to hospital is scary.

“They couldn’t figure out what was wrong and found the studs when they put a camera in me.

"I’d swallowed them two weeks before but thought they would pass through.

"Anyone who uses these studs is in real danger.”

Doctors at North Manchester General said he faced lifelong bowel problems.

His school warned pupils about the studs, that sit either side of the tongue.