How to save yourself when a fish bone is stuck in your throat

There are various kinds of fish, and different fish have bones of different sizes. We must be especially careful when eating fish. If we eat too fast, the fish bone may get stuck in the throat. After the fish bone is stuck in the throat, some people want to swallow the fish bone by swallowing rice or eating more vegetables. This method is actually very dangerous and may puncture the esophagus and pharynx, resulting in more serious consequences. Therefore, it is best to go to the hospital in time after a fish bone is stuck in the throat.

Go to the hospital

Ask the patient to open his mouth wide and use a flashlight to observe the size and position of the fishbone. If it is pulled out, use tweezers to remove it.

Drink vinegar

If the fish bone is small, you can drink a few sips of vinegar, or take a black plum (pitted) and hold it in your mouth with some sugar to soften the fish bone, and then eat steamed buns, cakes, etc., so that the fish bone can be swallowed with the food. If the fish bone is large, you should go to the hospital immediately. When a fish bone gets stuck in your throat, don't panic and don't try to push the fish bone down by swallowing rice balls in big gulps. By doing this, a thin and soft fish bone may be brought into the stomach by chance, but a large and hard fish bone may penetrate deeper and deeper, and even puncture the esophagus or large blood vessels, causing serious consequences.

Tweezers

Immediately press the front part of the patient's tongue with a spoon or toothbrush handle, and carefully examine the root of the tongue, tonsils, posterior pharyngeal wall, etc. under bright light, try to find foreign objects, and then remove them with tweezers or chopsticks. If the patient has a strong pharyngeal reflex, severe nausea and difficulty cooperating, ask the patient to exhale to relieve discomfort.

If the fish bone cannot be found and the patient still feels that it is stuck in the throat, the following method can be used to soften the fish bone: 10 grams of Clematis chinensis, 3 black plums, a little vinegar, and a little sugar, decoct them into a soup, and swallow it slowly and repeatedly. Cut the orange peel into small pieces and hold it in your mouth and swallow it slowly. Vitamin C tablets: dissolve 2 tablets in your mouth and swallow slowly. If the above method is still ineffective, or if you feel pain behind the sternum after swallowing, it means that the fish bone is in the esophagus. You should fast and go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment as soon as possible.

Precautions

If a fish bone is large or has penetrated deep, and the pain does not subside no matter how you swallow, and if there is no fish bone on both sides or around the entrance of the throat, you should go to the hospital for treatment.

When a fish bone gets stuck in the throat, the patient must not be allowed to swallow large pieces of steamed bread, pancakes or other food whole. Although this can sometimes remove the fish bone, sometimes such improper treatment not only fails to remove the fish bone, but makes it stick deeper, making it even more difficult to remove. In severe cases, infection and inflammation will be even more troublesome.

If the fish bone still doesn't fall out after swallowing big mouthfuls of rice, don't do it yourself. Sometimes the fish bone has fallen out, but the feeling of the bone still remains. So you need to wait and observe. If you still feel unwell, be sure to go to the hospital to see a doctor. This is also the most appropriate way to deal with fishbone injuries.