A 50-year-old female patient was admitted some time ago. According to the patient’s description, his abdomen hurts so badly that he really doesn’t know what to do. He wants to have an examination to see what is going on.
After a preliminary understanding of the situation, I took a film of the patient. I thought it was a gastrointestinal problem, but who knew I saw it in the image. There is something like “five claws” in the stomach. After further consultation, doctors guessed that it might be the patient’s dentures.
The patient said that he did wear dentures, but he did not expect to swallow the dentures directly when eating. The patient’s dentures are partial dentures. After the hooks are loosened, they may fall off by themselves, but the possibility of entering the abdomen directly with the meal is actually relatively small.
Because from the mouth to the stomach, it needs to pass through many places, first the throat, then to the esophagus, and finally to the stomach. In this process, it is likely to cause pharyngeal mucosa, esophageal mucosa, and gastric mucosal damage. The hooks of dentures are quite sharp to the mucous membranes of the human body. Swallowing them is likely to cut the mucous membranes. In severe cases, it may lead to perforation and bleeding of the stomach wall, resulting in abdominal suppuration and infection< /span>.
Once this happens, it will only hang in the abdominal cavity, and there is no way to be excreted through normal digestion and excretion. If Not wanting to cause further infection, the only way to open the abdomen is to remove the foreign body through surgery.
Fortunately, the patient accidentally swallowed his dentures without perforating the stomach wall. The doctor then removed the dentures through a gastroscope and foreign body forceps, which did not cause more serious damage to the digestive tract. I believe that after this incident, people should have a deeper understanding of swallowing foreign bodies.
What should I do if I accidentally ingest a foreign object?
In fact, there are many cases of accidental ingestion of foreign objects every year, which are more common in children. After swallowing a foreign body, 2 different situations may occur, and the solutions that can be taken are completely different.
The first is, a foreign body stuck in the throat
In this case, it is usually some relatively large objects, or objects such as fish bones, bones, etc., which may cause people’s throats to be stretched and affect the swallowing of food. , may also block the airway, causing suffocation.
If the throat is just stuck and it affects the swallowing of food, it is not recommended to drink vinegar, eat rice, etc. to help the foreign body as soon as possible. To be swallowed, the correct way should be to press your tongue down in a place with better light, and then use tweezers to remove the stuck foreign body.
However, when no foreign object is visible, the throat still feels stuck. At this time, it is not recommended for people to keep swallowing. action, and should go to the hospital for medical treatment in time.
The second situation is whenthe foreign body has stuck in the airway, affecting breathing< /p>
Compared with the former, airway blockage is more likely to cause suffocation, with serious consequences. After the incident, it is the key to find a way to expel the foreign body as soon as possible.
Here I share with you a little knowledge, Heimlich maneuver< /strong>.
For adults, if the airway is suffocated by a foreign body, they can find a chair with a backrest and put it against their abdomen. , about two fingers above the navel, and then impact, can contact the pressure of abdominal cavity extrusion to expel the foreign body.
Or let someone restrain your abdomen from behind, about 2 fingers above your navel, and punch your chest when making a hard fist, continuous Shock until the obstruction is expelled, or the patient loses the choking response.
If a child at home is stuck by a foreign object, because the child’s skeletal development is not yet complete, this method is not recommended. Excessive force can affect the child’s bones, etc.
forinfants younger than 1 year old, you can change the rescue posture. Place the child on the arm, tilt the head slightly downward, and support the child’s chin with the palm of the hand to keep the airway open. Then use the base of the palm to tap the midpoint of the child’s two scapulae for 5 consecutive times, and then observe whether the foreign body is discharged.
Assuming that the foreign body is still not expelled, you can hold the child’s head and neck with your hands, and use your middle and index fingers at the midpoint of the two breasts. Press together 5 times in a row. It should be noted that the child may not spit out the foreign body directly, and it is necessary to observe whether there is any foreign body in the mouth, and remove it in time if there is one. And observe whether there is normal breathing cycle.
After taking this first aid method, the foreign body blocked in the trachea can often be discharged more accurately, and the normal breathing of the human body can be restored.
After being stuck by a foreign object, if you also have these two situations, you should first keep calm. Take timely and effective measures to respond to your own situation, so as to better protect your own safety.
If there is no way to solve it, it is best to go to the hospital to receive professional help in time, so as not to affect breathing due to the stuck foreign body.
Some things cannot be done after swallowing a foreign body
Some people think that stomach acid is very powerful and can decompose foreign objects they eat, but they ignore that some things may have edges and corners. When they are not fully digested, they will scratch people’s esophagus mucosa, gastric mucosa, etc., increasing internal bleeding It may even cause problems such as gastric perforation and obstruction.
If you accidentally swallow a foreign object such as jujube or longan, you can observe it first, it may not hurt your body. However, when accidentally swallowing objects such as buttons, keychains, marbles, plastic rods, rings, etc., do not blindly eat or drink water, and do not use vomiting to expel foreign objects.
You should not be careless after discovering that you have ingested a foreign body, and go to the hospital for inspection in time to avoid the swallowed object staying in the human body and causing greater harm . Through professional means and inspection methods, confirm the location of the foreign body, and take corresponding measures to remove the foreign body to protect safety.