3.5 cm long lemongrass stalk removed from woman's stomach

According to the patient's family, two days before being admitted to the hospital, the patient ate hot pot, then felt severe pain in the epigastric region, accompanied by nausea. He took medicine but it did not improve. The patient was taken to Xuyen A Long An General Hospital for examination by his family.

On June 25, specialist doctor Truong Minh Hieu, Head of the Endoscopy Department, said that after examination, the patient was ordered to undergo an esophagogastroduodenoscopy for examination. During the endoscopy, the doctors discovered a foreign object about 3.5 cm long (a lemongrass branch) piercing the stomach wall, the surrounding mucosa was edematous, and the gastric antrum had two ulcers about 0.6 - 0.8 cm in size.

Immediately, the doctors used specialized forceps to remove the foreign object, and the lemongrass stalk was safely removed. After monitoring, the patient's condition stabilized and he was discharged to return home.

3.5 cm long lemongrass branch is taken out

Dr. Hieu said that foreign objects in the digestive tract are very dangerous and require immediate treatment, otherwise they will leave some serious complications such as foreign objects can puncture the esophagus, causing bleeding, leading to inflammation, abscesses, etc. In some cases, they can be life-threatening.

Normally, when choking on foreign objects such as bones, toothpicks, etc., people often try to spit them out, use their hands to pick out the bones, or eat large pieces of rice to swallow them down the stomach. But in reality, these actions will cause the pharyngeal mucosa to be scratched, infected, and inflamed. When swallowed further, the bones will go deeper, or become embedded deeper, making it more difficult to remove.

"In case of accidentally swallowing a foreign object, the patient should be taken to the nearest medical facility for examination by a doctor and appropriate treatment. Patients should absolutely not treat foreign object choking with folk remedies such as swallowing rice balls, patting the head, etc., which can cause the foreign object to get stuck deeper or cause more damage to the digestive tract," the doctor advised.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/gap-nhanh-sa-dai-35-cm-ra-khoi-da-day-nguoi-phu-nu-185240625073315633.htm