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Connecticut Doctors are warning of the dangers of improperly cleaning your grill as we head into backyard BBQ season.

Two weeks ago, doctors at MidState Medical Center in Meriden performed emergency surgery on a 52-year-old Cheryl Harrison, a Wallingford woman who got a metal bristle stuck in her lower intestine.

“It must have been positioned in that burger just perfect. I ingested it and swallowed it,” said Harrison.

When her husband was cleaning their grill with a wire-bristled brush, one of the bristles fell off and got cooked into the burgers he later whipped up. As a result, Harrison began feeling severe abdominal pain within 48 hours, and was rushed to the hospital, where she underwent  surgery.

Here’s why: It can scratch your esophagus on its way down or become lodged in your throat, stomach, or any part of your intestinal area. Kino tells Yahoo Health that, while unusual, it could even puncture the wall of your stomach or intestine, which would require surgery.

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