Fish bone stuck in throat, swallow rice and drink vinegar?

Popular saying: Many people have experienced fish bones stuck in their throats when they were not paying attention while eating. The elderly in the family will recommend swallowing rice balls, drinking rice vinegar, etc. to remove fish bones.

Identification of the truth: Common sense of fake and fake

Verification points:

1. Before the fish bone is removed, you should strictly fast and avoid improper methods such as drinking vinegar. Try to reduce swallowing to prevent the fish bone from penetrating deep tissues.

2 The correct way is: if you cannot remove it by yourself, go to the hospital to see a doctor immediately to avoid secondary accidents.

Many people have had the experience of having fish bones stuck in their throats when they were not paying attention while eating. The elderly at home would recommend swallowing rice balls, drinking rice vinegar and other methods to remove fish bones. Do these methods really work?

Let's first figure out how fish bones get stuck in the throat: the first barrier for fish bones to get stuck is the "glossoepiglottic vallecula" at the junction of the tongue root and epiglottis; the second barrier is the tonsillar crypts; the third barrier is deeper, in the "pyriform crypts" on both sides of the throat. Fish bones stuck in the "glossoepiglottic vallecula" and "tonillar crypts" can usually be seen and removed with the naked eye, while fish bones stuck in the "pyriform crypts" can only be found with a laryngoscope, esophagoscopy or esophageal barium fluoroscopy.

The so-called "like a fishbone stuck in the throat" refers to the fishbone stuck in the throat, which is very uncomfortable. A fishbone stuck in the throat will feel tingling or a foreign body sensation. If the fishbone irritates the pharyngeal mucosa, it will cause congestion and edema, causing severe coughing, or cause reflex laryngeal spasm and foreign body obstruction, causing breathing difficulties, and may be accompanied by varying degrees of wheezing, hoarseness, sore throat and other symptoms. If the foreign body is large and embedded in the glottis, it can cause suffocation and death in severe cases.

When a fish bone is stuck in the throat, people often try to wrap the fish bone and bring it into the stomach by swallowing rice balls, steamed buns and other foods. However, this practice is not scientific. By swallowing rice balls, a soft fish bone may be brought into the stomach by chance, but a large and hard fish bone may penetrate deeper and deeper, even piercing the esophagus or large blood vessels, causing serious consequences. If the fish bone is pressed into the stomach by chance, is it safe? Experts believe that, generally speaking, fish bones will be dissolved by gastric acid when they enter the stomach. However, there are very few "strong bones" that cannot be completely digested by gastric acid and still cause trouble in the gastrointestinal tract.

Some people also advocate drinking vinegar in order to soften fish bones. But how can a few gulps of vinegar that go down the throat soften fish bones? Experts believe that the vinegar you drink flows down the stream and stays at the injured area for only a short time, so the effect is limited and it can also irritate the stomach and intestines.

Experts recommend that you should strictly fast before the fish bone is removed, and you should not drink vinegar or other improper methods to deal with it. You should try to reduce swallowing to prevent the fish bone from piercing deep tissues. The correct method is: if you cannot remove it yourself, go to the hospital to see a doctor immediately to avoid secondary accidents.

[P Report]

Some people may say that I successfully solved the problem of fish bones stuck in my throat by swallowing rice and drinking vinegar. P wants to tell you that it is because the fish bones stuck in your throat are relatively thin and soft, and more importantly, you are lucky.

Pzai, a detective cat who loves to eat fish, reminds us: When eating fish, we should concentrate and try to avoid talking and laughing. Talking or even laughing will cause our esophagus to vibrate to a certain extent, and the vibration will be more intense when laughing. If we swallow a fish bone at this time, it is very likely to get stuck. Therefore, try to avoid talking and laughing when eating fish, especially avoid laughing. Secondly, if you chew the fish slowly and spit it out when you feel the fish bone, you will definitely not get stuck by the fish bone, and it can also make the food we eat in our stomach digest better.