2023-08-03 10:23:00
When eating fish, it is not uncommon to find a few bones. If ever a bone gets stuck in your throat, you can eat breadcrumbs to get it down. “The crumb of bread, thanks to the starch, forms a kind of modeling clay, of glue, which can help absorb the bone and evacuate it. You can drink, but do not do any mouthwash. Above all, do not try to remove it with your fingers, especially if it has lodged in the back of your throat. You will cause a gag reflex and vomit, which should not help you, “recommended the Doctor Jimmy Mohamed at the microphone d’Europe 1.
A 25 millimeter ridge present in the pulmonary vein
Recently, a 51-year-old man living in China had to undergo emergency surgery to remove a fishbone that had pierced his heart. This case was reported in l’European Heart Journal.
For two weeks, the patient presented with fever. Faced with this symptom, he therefore decided to go to the emergency room of a hospital in the province of Sichuan (China). Doctors then found that he was infected with Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that can cause various infections, but they were unable to determine the entry point of the microorganism.
Staphylococcus aureus can cause serious infections
The medical team therefore carried out a cardiac CT scan. Health professionals noticed the presence of a “foreign body” in the patient’s pulmonary vein. In order to remove it, the patient underwent surgery. The doctors then managed to remove a fishbone of 25 millimeters. Following the operation, the man underwent antibiotic treatment and his condition improved significantly.
In the majority of cases, Staphylococcus aureus is present on the skin and nostrils of healthy people. However, this bacterium can be responsible for skin infections, which appear as pimples, boils or impetigo, but also for serious infections of the blood and internal organs. Acute pathologies due to Staphylococcus aureus can be characterized by pneumonia, sepsis, endocarditis or brain abscess.
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