Many people have had the experience of a fish spike stuck in their throat, but Mr. Chen, 45, lost his life as a result.
According to recollection, Mr. Chen felt thirsty after work, just as his wife boiled fish head soup, Mr. Chen eagerly scooped a bowl down. But drink too quickly, and then felt a sting in the throat – fish spikes stuck in the throat.
So, after a series of operations such as swallowing rice, drinking vinegar, and picking his throat, Mr. Chen still felt the fish spike in his throat, which was uncomfortable to hold.
His wife urged him to go to the hospital, but Mr. Chen was worried that it was not safe during the epidemic, so he kept putting off going. Until three days later, he suddenly began to vomit blood, vomiting every hour, his wife rushed to accompany him to the hospital emergency room.
Upon examination, a nearly 4 cm long fish spike was stuck in the upper part of Mr. Chen’s esophagus and had pierced the esophagus and thoracic aorta. Due to excessive blood loss and delayed treatment, Mr. Chen eventually paid the price of his life ……
Many people after the fish spike stuck in the throat, will swallow rice through a large mouth, drinking vinegar, picking the throat and other methods to deal with, but the reality is that a little carelessness may also aggravate the damage, if the daily encounter with the fish spike stuck in the throat, how to deal with the right?
First, the risk of fish spikes entering the body is greater than you think
Most people have accidentally eaten fish spikes, resulting in fish spikes stuck in the throat, think that this time to eat some rice, drink some vinegar to swallow it, but I do not know that the “crisis” …… fish spikes into the body, may go through these four “fatal points:”
The first place: the throat
Most of the fish spikes will be stuck in the root of the tongue, tonsils, epiglottis, this time can be removed with the help of tweezers in time.
However, if a fish spike falls into the throat, the loose tissue in the throat can easily lead to the spread of infection and the formation of a large abscess deep in the neck, which can compress the trachea and cause suffocation.
Second place: esophagus
If a fish spike enters the esophagus, it can actually be removed by a doctor under an esophagoscope or gastroscope. However, if you swallow rice balls, etc., the fish spike will penetrate deeper and may even directly puncture the aorta. Aortic bleeding is a life-threatening danger every minute.
Third place: the stomach
The fish spike may pass “smoothly” through the throat and slide into the stomach, but it is still “sharp” and can pinch the stomach and cause gastric perforation. Stomach perforation can cause peritonitis and can be life-threatening if not treated with surgery in a timely manner.
Fourth place: the large intestine
Fish spikes can also cause damage to the intestine, and when they pierce the colon, bacteria in the colon can contaminate the abdominal cavity and intestinal wall, leading to diffuse peritonitis.
Second, swallowing rice, drinking vinegar, picking throat …… which is the correct practice?
In fact, if you accidentally fish spike stuck in the throat, these 3 common “native recipes”, all unreliable!
1, eat steamed buns, swallow rice balls
Steamed buns, rice balls are relatively large, although it may be possible to bring some small soft bone spikes into the stomach, but for some hard and large fish spikes, it is difficult to bring in through the food, and may also be stuck deeper and deeper.
2、Drink vinegar to soften fish spines
Vinegar does have the effect of softening fish spines, but this takes a while. When drinking vinegar, the vinegar passes by first class at the throat, and in a short time, it does not play a softening role at all. Moreover, vinegar is very acidic, and drinking too much of it is likely to stimulate the digestive system.
3、Pick your throat with force
Picking throat looks more reliable than swallowing buns, but the reality is that fish spines are sharp, in the process of vomiting, it is easy to scratch the surrounding mucous membrane tissue, causing secondary damage.
So what should be the correct practice?
-First of all, stop eating
Stop taking in any food again, including water, and let the throat relax as much as possible to reduce the swallowing action so that the muscles do not contract and jam the foreign body tighter.
-Cough vigorously
If the fish spike is soft and thin, you can try to cough vigorously to let the fish spike come off with the airflow.
-Try to remove it yourself
For small fish spikes stuck in shallow areas, the patient can try to remove them with tweezers in front of a mirror or with the help of a friend or relative.
-Seek immediate medical attention
If you accidentally get stuck by a hard spike and cannot see the spike with the naked eye, and ordinary tweezers have not been issued to enter the case, and a strong stinging sensation occurs, or you feel significant neck discomfort, it is still recommended to go to a quintuplex as soon as possible and seek professional medical help.
Fish spikes stuck in the throat, mostly due to eating fish too “careless, small nine remind you, in the current food, or to focus on enjoying.
Three, nosebleed head back, foreign body stuck in the throat pat back …… you do it right?
In everyday life, I wonder if you have ever encountered such a situation: a nosebleed mom will tell you to hurry up and tilt your head; throat is something stuck, mom will vigorously pat back. In fact, these “concerns” of the mother, are wrong.
Don’t tilt your head when you have a nosebleed
Many people will take the emergency measure of tilting their heads when they have a nosebleed, but this is a big mistake!
When the head is tilted up, the blood in the nose will flow backwards into the nasopharynx and throat, which may irritate the stomach mucosa and cause vomiting. If the blood coagulates and is accidentally inhaled into the trachea, it may also lead to asphyxiation.
Correct practice: first, lean forward to avoid nosebleed to the oropharynx, use tissue to block the spilled blood; second, breathe gently through the mouth to prevent the blood from choking back; finally, pinch both sides of the nose with your hands for 10-15 minutes, and breathe through your mouth, you can easily stop the bleeding.
2, foreign body stuck in the throat, pat back does not work
During the New Year, nuts less, melon seeds, peanut fruit, jelly accidentally eaten too quickly, will also lead to card main throat. This time vigorously patting the back, is likely to lead to foreign bodies deep into the respiratory tract. Especially when the patient is coughing vigorously, interfering with the patient’s coughing rhythm.
Correct approach: Patients can try to make a fist with one hand against the belly button at the two horizontal fist position, and the other hand holds the fist and quickly presses inward and upward. You can also use a hard object, such as a stool, table corner, or railing, to press your body against the object and use your fist to repeatedly squeeze from the abdomen upward and inward.
A fish spike may seem insignificant, but the slightest carelessness is likely to cost you your life. Not only fish spikes, but other small accidents in life should not be responded to in the wrong way, and it is likely that first aid will turn into injury, but rather aggravate the damage to the body.
