What to do if you swallow a fish bone

It is a consensus among most people that fish is delicious and nutritious, and fish is an important source of meat that is indispensable in life. Although fish is delicious, the presence of many bones is a problem. Many people are very careful when eating fish because swallowing fish bones is not good for the body and can damage the esophagus or stomach. So, what should you do if you swallow a fish bone? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

Small and soft ones can be softened with vinegar or food such as steamed buns to help them swallow. If the fish bone is relatively large and hard, do not confront it head-on. Try to go to the hospital and have a laryngologist remove it to avoid hurting yourself with inappropriate methods. When foreign objects such as fish bones get stuck in the esophagus, it is common to try to expel the foreign objects by forceful swallowing, eating in large mouthfuls, swallowing leeks, drinking vinegar, etc., but this practice is very dangerous.

Note:

1. Stop swallowing your rice! Swallowing food is one of the most common ways we eat, but it is actually not advisable. Swallowing rice can easily cause dead fish bones to cut your throat, and may also carry the fish bones to deeper places, making them more difficult and dangerous to remove. However, if the fish bones are very small, this method is still effective.

2. Stop drinking vinegar! This is also a method we often take, but the effect is not obvious, because the vinegar you drink cannot stay in the area where the fish bone is stuck for too long and cannot soften the fish bone.

3. The safest way to deal with a fish bone stuck in your throat is to see a doctor and ask him to help you remove it.

4. If you want to solve the problem yourself, you can try pressing the root of your tongue with your fingers to make yourself feel like vomiting. If that can bring the fishbone out, that's fine.

5. Ask someone to press your tongue and look inside your throat under bright light to see if the fishbone can be seen. If possible, try to remove it.

6. Take a few vitamin C lozenges, hold them in your mouth, and swallow them slowly to try to dissolve the fish bone.

If you accidentally get a fish bone or other foreign object stuck in your mouth, you should immediately spit out all the food in your mouth, then cough hard, or rinse your mouth repeatedly with cold water to spit out the foreign object. Open your mouth first and let others see. If they can see it, let them pick it out directly with chopsticks or tweezers.