Can a small date pit be fatal? Emergency Department Doctors Teach You How to Save Yourself

Can you imagine that a small date pit can also become a murder weapon? This is not alarmist talk, emergency room doctors are familiar with this murder weapon. In the emergency department, patients with esophageal foreign bodies are common. Among them, jujube pit is a common foreign body, especially among elderly patients. Why is jujube pit easy to become the culprit? This should start from two aspects: 1. Due to our eating habits, Among the favorite eight treasures porridge and zongzi, Jujube is an indispensable food material, and jujube pit stealth among them, it is easy to be eaten by mistake. 2. The spindle shape of jujube pit makes it easy to swallow through pharynx together with other foods, but Read More …

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A fish bone caused [murder], the doctor taught you how to save yourself correctly.

Some media reported such a piece of news, [young fish bones stuck in their throats, heard that they had to use laryngoscope to find fish bones and punched doctors]. Before long, another report said that a patient was stuck by a 5 cm fishbone, which happened to be near the aorta. The operation cost more than 100,000 yuan for 6 hours. Netizens expressed their incomprehension. As an otolaryngologist, I often feel chest tightness when I hear about fighting with fish bones. In fact, not only fish bones can get stuck in the throat. Jujube pits, coins and various bones may be stuck in the throat, which is a frequent visitor to otolaryngology emergency, but fish bones are indeed the most Read More …