Man got lung infection after fish bone stuck in throat 7 years ago

On February 19, Dr. Tran The Vinh, Department of General Surgery (Tay Nguyen General Hospital) said that the unit's doctors had just successfully removed a foreign object, a fish bone, deep in the respiratory tract of a 56-year-old male patient.

According to initial information, on February 16, the hospital received patient HVP (56 years old, residing in village 9, Hoa Son commune, Krong Bong district) in a state of chest pain, continuous coughing and coughing up blood.

A man got a fish bone stuck in his throat, the foreign object was stuck deep in his lung (Photo: Uy Nguyen).

During the discussion, patient P. said that 7 years ago, he ate tuna soup and choked, feeling like a fish bone was stuck in his throat. After that, the patient went to many medical facilities in and outside the province for examination but no foreign object was found.

With the above information, doctors from the Department of General Surgery, Tay Nguyen General Hospital, had the patient do some paraclinical tests, thereby diagnosing the patient with pneumonia with a foreign object deep in the lungs.

After that, the patient underwent a bronchoscopy to remove a foreign object, a 1x2cm fish bone with serrated edges, from the lung.

According to Dr. Tran The Vinh, the removed foreign object was small but went deep inside. Although it did not cause suffocation, it caused an infection in the lungs, causing the patient to have chest pain, cough, fever, and prolonged coughing up of blood.

After removing the foreign object from the lung, the patient felt more comfortable and his health gradually stabilized.

Doctor Vinh warns that foreign objects stuck in the airways can have many complications, so when you feel a foreign object entering, you should go to a medical facility immediately for timely treatment.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/suc-khoe/hoc-xuong-ca-tu-7-nam-truoc-nguoi-dan-ong-bi-nhiem-trung-phoi-20240219194259871.htm