The Department of Gastroenterology (Internal 1) Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital has just received and successfully handled the case of a 30 -year -old female patient in Thuy Nguyen City (Hai Phong) toothbrush.
After dinner, the patient feels entangled in the throat, nausea and suspected strange things in the digestive tract. Instead of going to a medical facility, the patient arbitrarily used a toothbrush to try to push the object down. However, this action not only does not help solve the problem but also accidentally pushes the brush into the esophagus.
About an hour later, the patient was taken to Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital. Here, the endoscopic crew of the Department of Gastroenterology quickly examined and conducted a successful tip of a 17cm intact toothbrush from the 17cm long from the esophagus.
Viet Tiep Friendship Hospital also recommends that people suspects swallowing foreign objects to immediately need the nearest medical facility for timely examination and treatment. People absolutely do not arbitrarily use other objects or try to swallow more food to push the object into the stomach because this action can cause serious complications such as bleeding, tear or puncture of the digestive tract.
