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Medical Forum / General / General / May 2005swallowed a piece of meat but then elt a sharp pain down my chest
felt as if my chest was blocked when I swallowed the meat as soon as it got to my eosophagus, now I feel a slight discomfort like something is lodged in my chest even drinking water. > felt as if my chest was blocked when I swallowed the meat as soon as it > got to my eosophagus, now I feel a slight discomfort like something is > lodged in my chest even drinking water. Sounds like you should call a doctor or go to an urgen care center now. Jeff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You are still breathing, so the obstruction is below the esophagus. Take 10 mg of valium and see me again in 2 weeks. quack , quack ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > You are still breathing, so the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > quack , quack > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There could be a partial obstruction about the esphophagus. And if the meat gets dislodged, it could become a full obstruction. I can't evaluate over the internet. It makes more sense to see someone who can properly evaluate the situation, like a doctor in an urgent care center or hospital. Jeff >You are still breathing, so the >obstruction is below the esophagus. Cute, but below the esophagus would put it in the stomach, intestines, or toilet. Clin Otolaryngol Allied Sci. 2004 Dec;29(6):694-7. Related Articles, Links Naturally occurring fruit juices dislodge meat bolus obstruction in vitro. Thomas L, Low C, Webb C, Ramos E, Panarese A, Clarke R. ENT Department, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK. ligythomas@hotmail.com Oesophageal meat bolus obstruction is often removed endoscopically/surgically with attendant morbidity and mortality. Anecdotal evidence suggests that fruit juices' enzymes may dissolve meat boluses. To assess this, an in vitro study was carried out. Cooked chicken was tightly packed between 10 and 8 mL markers of 80, 10 mL syringes. Two millilitres of fresh juice from lemons, papaya, kiwi fruits, pineapples, frozen and then thawed pineapple juice, processed pineapple juice, Coca-Cola and saliva were added to 10 syringes each. By 4 h, the meat boluses significantly moved in the pineapple juice both fresh and frozen and kiwi juice groups (P < 0.001), little movement in the Coca-Cola group (P < 0.05), and no movement in the saliva, processed pineapple juice, lemon juice and papaya groups. In conclusion, pineapples and kiwi fruits contain enzymes which can dislodge meat boluses. Freezing does not denature the enzyme and provides a convenient way of storing the juice. PMID: 15533162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who loves ya. Tom "O, gimmme a break ~ That's a Passion Cock's Taile ~ !" ~ Folly |
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