Recently, Uncle Qiu (a pseudonym), a citizen of Changsha, drank a bowl of noodles with cheese bone soup. After eating the noodles, it was the most pleasant thing to drink the soup. But this time, the bones in the bone broth also entered the esophagus together, and they couldn’t go down or come out. Uncle Qiu suddenly felt very uncomfortable, and his throat hurt so much when he took saliva.
The situation was bad, Uncle Qiu immediately came to the emergency department of the Fourth Hospital of Changsha City. Sure enough, CT of the esophagus showed a foreign body in the upper esophagus, and an otolaryngologist was immediately invited to the emergency department for consultation.
Dr. Tao Weiping and Dr. Jiang Chengyang from the Department of Otolaryngology immediately completed the preoperative preparations and performed esophagoscopic esophageal foreign body removal for Qiu Daidai. The esophagoscope slowly entered the entrance of the esophagus, and a fan-shaped pig bone below the entrance of the esophagus was seen horizontally stuck in the esophagus, with sharp edges and sharp corners. The surgeon uses foreign body forceps to remove the entire pig bone from the body.
The next day, Uncle Qiu was able to drink porridge, and his throat no longer felt sore.
Li Xiangsheng, director and chief physician of the Department of Otolaryngology, said that the Department of Otolaryngology often receives patients who are stuck in the esophagus due to foreign bodies such as fish bones, bones and fruit stones. He reminded everyone to pay attention to chewing and swallowing slowly when eating, and avoid swallowing dates whole. If you accidentally swallow a foreign body, do not swallow rice balls, steamed bread and other foods by yourself, so as not to aggravate the damage. Not to be taken lightly, enduring pain or foreign body sensation. Because the anatomical position of the esophagus is very special, there are aorta, large blood vessels, and trachea around. If a foreign body punctures the esophagus and violates the aorta, especially if the aorta is punctured, it will cause massive bleeding, which will endanger the patient’s life within a few minutes. Furthermore, if the foreign body in the esophagus cannot be removed in time, it will increase the risk in the later stage and lead to life-threatening complications such as infection, perforation, and massive thoracic aortic hemorrhage. Therefore, if you accidentally swallow a foreign body, you should go to the hospital’s otolaryngology department in time.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Mei Mei correspondent Zhou Yinhua
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