Man's stomach is always uncomfortable after eating fish, doctor: fish thorns on the small intestine

Modern Express News (correspondent Gao Jie, reporter Hua Yu) swallowed the fish thorn by mistake and almost died. Mr. Liu (pseudonym), who lives in Rudong County, Nantong City, has always been in good health, but just recently, after enjoying sauerkraut fish once, his stomach always felt uncomfortable. When I went to the hospital, I found that it was a fish thorn stuck in the small intestine. Through laparoscopic surgery, the doctor smoothly removes the fish bones.

△ Take out the fish bones

The Modern Express reporter learned that the patient Mr. Liu always felt uncomfortable after eating sauerkraut fish recently, but he did not know what the reason was. "I thought I had a bad stomach and didn't think too much about it." Mr. Liu said.

That night, Mr. Liu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen and came to Rudong County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for treatment. The hospital's emergency department was admitted to the hospital with abdominal pain pending investigation, and the diagnosis was a foreign body in the digestive tract, and the film showed a foreign body in the intestine. Ding Zhijun, the director of surgery of the hospital, immediately considered that the foreign body in the intestine may be a fish thorn and is located in the small intestine. Although there is no current manifestation of peritonitis, but the fish spines are large, in the small intestine peristalsis may penetrate the intestinal wall, need to closely observe the situation of abdominal pain, he instructed Mr. Liu not to eat for the time being.

The next day, Mr. Liu suddenly developed an aggravated abdominal pain. After a CT examination of the abdomen, doctors consider that fish bones penetrate the intestinal wall, causing peritonitis and urgently need surgery.

Ding Zhijun, the surgeon general of the hospital, suggested that laparoscopic exploration could be given to reduce trauma and facilitate early postoperative rehabilitation. During the operation, the doctor took three small incisions in the abdomen, placed them in a laparoscopic instrument, and probed the abdominal cavity to see the fish bones penetrate the wall of the small intestine, exposing the abdominal cavity, and there was purulent exudation around it.

Subsequently, Ding Zhijun led the team members to perform laparoscopic surgery to smoothly remove the fish bones and suture the perforation of the small intestine, and there were only three small holes in the abdominal wall of the patient after the operation.

"The patient's small intestine has been penetrated by fish spines, and if it is not removed in time, it will continue to swim with the intestinal peristalsis, leaving suppuration in the abdominal cavity and even the possibility of puncturing the blood vessels of other organs, directly threatening the patient's life." Ding Zhijun introduced that he reminded the general public that after swallowing fish bones by mistake, it is not reliable to use vinegar, swallow steamed bread or rice to deal with it. If you accidentally swallow a fish bone, the safest way is to see a doctor immediately and ask your doctor to use special equipment to remove the fish bone.