During the Spring Festival, there will be a delicacy on the table of every household - "there is fish every year", which symbolizes abundant food and clothing, abundant wealth and affluent life every year.
If you and your family and friends accidentally get stuck in a fish bone during a happy dinner, your first reaction may be to swallow steamed buns or rice, drink vinegar or water, etc.
Most people think it's safe to swallow fish bones, but it can be a huge health hazard.
When the throat is stuck in a fish bone, the otolaryngology-head and neck surgeons of the Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine have "20 million" to give you.
First, the first 10 million.
Don't drink vinegar and don't swallow steamed buns or rice.
Because drinking vinegar will not play a role in softening the fish bones, do not think about using food to push the fish bones down, which is likely to get the fish bones deeper and cause damage to the throat.
The sharp fish bones resemble tiny embroidery needles.
If the fish bones are swallowed into the esophagus, it will cause damage to the esophageal mucosa, and in severe cases, it will cause perforation of the esophagus, and even puncture the arteries to cause massive bleeding and life-threatening.
Second, the second million.
Keep in mind that you can't induce vomiting with your fingers when you get stuck in a fish bone.
This will not only cause nausea and vomiting, but also tend to deepen the position of the fish bone jam, causing the symptoms to be more severe.
After the throat is stuck in the fishbone, you can first feel the depth of the fishbone where it is stuck. If the part of the fish bone stuck is shallow, you can cough lightly first to see if you can cough it out; If not, you can press the front half of the tongue with a spoon or toothbrush handle and carefully observe the base of the tongue, tonsils, and throat wall under bright light.
If you can see the fish bones, we can use tweezers or chopsticks to pick them out. If the pharyngeal reflex is strong and the nausea is severe and difficult to cooperate, a breathing maneuver can be done to reduce discomfort.
If you feel that the part of the fish bone stuck is relatively deep, reaching the deep part of the throat, you have a sore throat, and you cannot eat, or even swallow saliva, and the pain is severe, you must go to the otolaryngology department of the hospital.
Doctors can clearly see fish bones such as the base of the tongue, epiglottis, or hypopharynx under laryngoscopy, and can be removed with laryngeal forceps.
Have you learned all of the above?
When you encounter fish bones stuck in the throat or foreign body stuck in the throat, you must go to a professional hospital for treatment, so that it can help you solve the problem quickly and with confidence.
Hunan Medical Chat Special Author: Hunan Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Yan Jie Follow @Hunan Medical Chat to get more health science information!
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Have a healthy Spring Festival