Chinese New Year's Eve was supposed to be a family reunion, but Mr. Zhang's family was anxiously waiting outside the ward, while he was undergoing a special foreign body removal operation.
It turned out that before the incident, when Mr. Zhang was eating, he accidentally swallowed a fish bone and stuck his throat because he was swiping his mobile phone while eating.
The family recalled that at that time, it was only with rice pressure that the fish bones were smoothed down, but there was still a little discomfort.
However, no one expected that it would cause such serious consequences in the future.
Two days later, Mr. Zhang suddenly began to vomit blood, which would occur every few hours, which frightened the family and rushed him to the hospital.
After the doctor's examination, surgery was immediately scheduled and a 4 cm long fish bone was removed from Mr. Zhang's esophagus, which had pierced the esophagus and thoracic aorta.
Due to Mr. Zhang's massive blood loss, he had developed hemorrhagic shock, and although the doctors launched emergency rescue, Mr. Zhang's life was still not saved.
A slender fish bone actually "traveled a long way" to the anus
Really don't underestimate the power of a fish bone, its "lethality" surprises many people.
Previously, Xiaoling suddenly felt pain around her anus, and as soon as she went to the toilet, she would have severe pain in her buttocks, and what was even worse was that her anal area began to be red and swollen, thinking it was an attack of hemorrhoids, but she didn't care about it after taking the medicine.
But a week later, this symptom did not improve, and I had no choice but to go to the anorectal department to seek medical attention. Later, after many treatments, the doctor arranged a CT examination of the lower abdomen + pelvis, and finally found the cause.
According to the report, the imaging showed a long shadow on the inside of the lump next to her anus, and the doctor asked if she had any recent experience of foreign body puncture, and she remembered that she had been stuck in the throat by a fish bone.
Who would have thought that this small fish bone would "travel a long way" to the anus and cause so many complications?
Many people think that getting stuck in their throat by a fish bone will not happen to them, but in fact, similar incidents are not uncommon, especially during the Spring Festival meal.
Earlier, there was a news report that a hospital department pulled out more than 100 fish bones during the Spring Festival, and the attending physician of the Department of Otolaryngology of the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University Xie Daoyu introduced that most patients are stuck in the throat at the base of the tonsils or tongue, if the piercing is not deep, you can take it out with forceps and these instruments, but there are also a few people who will be stuck in these deeper positions of the esophagus, and if necessary, general anesthesia esophageal foreign body removal is required, and even some people need to cut the neck to remove the foreign body.
Therefore, do not underestimate any fish bones, such as the throat, tonsils, tongue base of these places of foreign bodies, generally cause dysphagia and other discomfort. If the fish bones are stuck in the aorta, it may also puncture the arteries and cause heavy bleeding, and even some people will get stuck in the stomach, causing serious symptoms such as gastric perforation and peritonitis, which are life-threatening.
Are the local methods of drinking vinegar, swallowing rice, and picking throats reliable?
Many people who are stuck in the throat by fish bones always like to use some soil methods to solve it, but they don't know that these methods are likely to cause secondary damage to the affected area, especially these 3 soil methods, don't use them again!
1. Swallow the rice balls
After the fish bones are stuck in the throat, it is actually very unsafe to squeeze the fish bones by swallowing rice balls, which can easily cause the small fish bones to pierce deeper and deeper, and even puncture the esophagus and injure the aorta.
2. Drink vinegar
Although vinegar can soften fish bones, the premise is to soak them for a long time, so when drinking vinegar when stuck, vinegar is only shallow through the fish bones, which cannot achieve the effect of softening fish bones, and drinking too much may also cause stomach acid reflux and endanger stomach health.
3. 抠咙
It is also dangerous to spit out the fish bones by picking at the throat, because the fish bones are pointed, and the fish bones are likely to scratch the surrounding mucosal tissues during the vomiting process, causing secondary injury.
What should I do if a fish bone gets stuck in my throat?
If you don't pay attention, it may lead to more serious consequences, so what should be the right thing to do after being stuck in the throat?
1. Stop eating
After being stuck in the throat by a fish bone, it is best to stop eating or even drinking water, reduce swallowing behavior, relax the body, and then try to bend over and cough, and rush out with small fish bones by the air flow.
2. With the help of tools
Have a family member or friend press the tongue with the help of chopsticks or a spoon handle to expose the base of the tongue and explore the location of the foreign object, and if it is not deep, you can gently pinch it out with tweezers.
3. Seek medical attention in a timely manner
If you don't know how to deal with it yourself, the best thing to do is to seek professional diagnosis and treatment from a doctor, and try to remove the fish bones with the help of professional appliances in a disinfectant and antibacterial environment.
Here I also want to remind everyone, don't be careless when eating fish, don't eat fish while talking and laughing, especially the elderly, children, these key groups, the elderly because of the pharyngeal response is sluggish, coupled with the impact of missing teeth, it is easy to swallow fish stings into the throat,
Children are very active and will swallow some small fish bones if they are not careful, so it is recommended that everyone should stay focused on eating, and at the same time chew slowly, chew fully, and avoid excessive swallowing.
Therefore, when encountering such an emergency situation as a fish bone stuck in the throat, don't be nervous, you really don't know how to deal with it, find the nearest outpatient doctor to help take it out, and don't use some local methods to solve it.
Resources:
[1] "The man was stuck in the throat by a fish bone, vomited blood and died after 3 days!Don't drink vinegar and swallow rice again...".Popular Science China.2021-02-23.
[2] "Man dies of vomiting blood after 3 days of fish bone stuck in throat, doctor: it's useless to drink vinegar and swallow rice", Beijing Evening News.2020-08-09.
[3] "Fish bones stuck in the throat are high in the Spring Festival, don't be forced to swallow", Jinan Health & Health.2023-01-25.
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