Xiao Yang is 22 years old and loves playing games very much. Since the winter vacation, he has been addicted to games every day. Thinking that I could solve it quickly and continue the game, I picked up the fish soup and took a big sip. Halfway through the drink, I felt a sharp p

Xiao Yang is 22 years old and loves playing games very much. Since the winter vacation, he has been addicted to games every day.

She happened to play a game while eating a few days ago, but her mother urged her in every possible way, so she had to put down the game and go to eat. Thinking that I could solve it quickly so I could continue the game, I picked up the fish soup and took a big sip. Halfway through the drink, I felt a sharp pain in my throat, and then I realized that I had accidentally swallowed a big fish bone.

She thought about coughing hard to cough out the fish bones, but it didn't work. When her mother saw this, she quickly stuffed her with a big mouthful of rice. Only then did Xiao Yang feel better. Later, she went to the kitchen and drank a large bowl of vinegar.

A few days passed like this. Xiao Yang still felt uncomfortable in her throat and felt a little uneasy, so she asked her mother to accompany her to the hospital for examination. As a result, as soon as he reached the door of the consulting room, Xiao Yang suddenly started to vomit blood. The doctor quickly came out to check.

The doctor discovered after examination that the fish bone Xiao Yang swallowed a few days ago was the "trouble" - the fish bone was stuck in the upper esophagus and had pierced the thoracic aorta.

After being admitted to the hospital, Xiao Yang was still vomiting blood uncontrollably. Although the doctors tried their best to rescue her, they still could not save her young life.

1. A fish bone stuck in the throat may be more dangerous than you think

Many people may think that a fish bone gets stuck in the throat accidentally, and they think that it will be fine if they eat something to push it down. In fact, this process may be "dangerous".

Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of General Surgery, Pujiang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang ProvinceWang Guangbao once said that after the fishbone gets stuck in the throat, it may pass through seven points:: near the throat - esophagus - stomach - small intestine - appendix - large intestine - anus. No matter where it is punctured, it is very dangerous.

piercing the throat will cause local abscesses, which can easily spread to the neck and cause abscesses. Once the trachea is compressed, it is easy for people to suffocate to death;

fish bones pierce In the esophagus, if rice balls and other objects are swallowed, they will penetrate deeper and easily cause the aorta to be punctured, which in turn will threaten life;

When the fishbone enters the stomach, it will slowly pierce it in the stomach, which can easily induce gastric perforation. ;

Once a fish bone pierces the small intestine, it can easily cause severe peritonitis and cause death;

If the appendix is pierced, it will induce appendicitis and requires surgery for treatment;

Some people feel no foreign body sensation or pain after accidentally swallowing this product, and feel relieved. This idea is actually not correct. Fish bones are foreign bodies to the body. Their long-term presence can easily cause inflammatory reactions in tissues, which is harmful to health .

2. Drinking vinegar, swallowing rice, picking with hands... Are these methods reliable?

There are many folk methods for removing fish bones, but are these methods really feasible?

. Drink aged vinegar

Soaking fish bones in vinegar for about 15 minutes can soften them, but our throats are open up and down. Drinking vinegar only "passes" through the throat, so it cannot soften the vinegar. Drinking too much vinegar will hurt the body.

. Swallowing rice in big mouths

Swallowing rice not only fails to remove fish bones, but also causes the fish bones to squeeze deeper and deeper, making it easy for the fish bones to penetrate into the mucosa, which seriously threatens health.

. Use your fingers to dig out

Doing so can easily damage the mucous membrane, which will then cause obvious pain and other side effects to the body. If you have pain yourself, it is likely to be aggravated by this action.

3. If the “original method” doesn’t work, how can I remove it safely?

Since none of the above methods can help remove fish bones, how should you deal with them correctly after they are stuck?

① Once you find a fish bone stuck in your throat, you should stop eating immediately. Try coughing repeatedly to see if the fish bone can be coughed out, or use your palm to check where the fish bone is stuck;

② If the fish bone is not stuck in a deep position , you can ask someone around you to try to take it out with tweezers;

③ If the fish bone cannot be seen with the naked eye, you can try to press the front part of the tongue with chopsticks and other objects, and then look inside the throat. If the fish bone can be seen, you can also try to use tweezers to remove it.

If the pain is severe, you should seek medical treatment in time. The doctor will perform different treatments according to the size, location and depth of the fishbone. Currently, commonly used methods include direct extraction, extraction with the help of laryngoscope , gastroscopy /esophagoscope and thoracotomy.

Some people will swallow fish bones after getting stuck. If there is no obvious discomfort after swallowing, there is no need to seek medical treatment. But if you still feel like there is a foreign body in your throat, you should go to the hospital for examination in time to avoid fish bones staying in the body for a long time and causing an inflammatory reaction in the body.

In life, if you want to prevent fish bones from getting stuck, you must be careful when eating fish and avoid eating fish like eating dates.

Especially when drinking fish soup, you need to pay special attention. When choosing fish, you can try your best to choose fish without small spines, such as salmon, dragonfish , grouper , etc.

Accidentally swallowing fish bones is something that many people have experienced, and most people have used wrong methods to remove fish bones. After reading the article, you must learn the correct handling methods to avoid unnecessary effects on your health due to your inappropriate behavior.

Reference:

[1] "A man was stuck in the throat by a fish bone and died of vomiting blood 3 days later!" Never drink vinegar or swallow rice again...". Popular Science China. 2021-02-23

[2] "Essential Skills for the Spring Festival丨What to do if a fish bone gets stuck in the throat? The ENT doctor teaches you how to deal with it". The Second Hospital of Zhejiang University .2018-02-20

[3] "More than 100 fish bones were pulled out during the Spring Festival! The doctor reminds: There are seven fatal points when fish bones get stuck in the throat, and they are fatal everywhere! 》.Health Times.2022-02-08

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