Fish bone stuck in throat, man sucks on... vitamin C to treat it

The patient said that 3 days before being admitted to the hospital, he ate tilapia and got a bone stuck in his throat. After that, he had pain when swallowing, his voice gradually became hoarse, and he had a poor appetite.

To remove the fish bone, the patient used folk remedies such as taking vitamin C, spitting, and swallowing a lot of rice, but it did not help and instead caused more pain.

When arriving at the ENT Hospital, the patient had swelling and pain in the neck, pain, cracking sound in the larynx, and protruding fish bones.

3.5 cm long fish bone removed from patient's neck

CT scan results showed a 3.5 cm long fish bone from the hypopharynx - right esophageal mouth and pierced through the neck area, the head of the foreign object was about 4 mm from the skin and caused inflammation in this area.

In this case, the hospital could not remove the fish bone by endoscopy, but only performed an endoscopy to check and open the neck to remove it. After surgery, the patient's pain was relieved, he was able to eat and drink, and is being monitored.

Dr. Le Tran Quang Minh, Director of the ENT Hospital, recommends that you should not swallow foods such as bread or bananas to push the fish bone out, because those movements will push the bone deeper and unintentionally make it difficult for doctors to handle, as well as cause accidents and complications in the chest area that are much more dangerous than in the neck area because it can go into the heart, lungs... You should also not use your fingers to remove foreign objects in the throat because in reality, you cannot remove them and will cause the fish bone to sink deeper, through the throat or esophagus.

Dangers from electronic batteries

Also according to Dr. Nguyen Thanh Tuan, on October 23, the ENT Hospital admitted a 5-year-old male patient with a persistent left nosebleed that recurred many times.

Endoscopy results suspected a nasal foreign body in the left nostril. CT-Scanner results suspected a round metal foreign body, about 9 mm in size. Because the patient was young, he was not cooperative, making it difficult to examine and remove the foreign body, so he had to be taken to the operating room under anesthesia. The result was an electronic battery. This battery caused necrosis of the septum mucosa, septum cartilage, etc. After surgery, the patient is being monitored and treated.

According to Dr. Le Tran Quang Minh, from 2017 to 2022, the ENT Hospital received 278 cases of nasal foreign bodies, of which 65 cases were caused by electronic batteries. In the first 6 months of 2023, the hospital also received 16 cases of nasal foreign bodies, of which 2 cases were caused by electronic batteries. From 2017 to 2022, the ENT Hospital received 12 cases of throat foreign bodies.

"Children with foreign objects such as electronic batteries in their noses are usually under 5 years old, either because they are playing with them or because their friends put them in. Although the hospital has repeatedly warned, there are still cases of children with foreign objects such as electronic batteries. This is alarming because electronic batteries cause very dangerous consequences and can cause lifelong damage to children," said Dr. Le Tran Quang Minh.

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