However, this seemingly "weak" commodity may become a "killer" that harms health if it is not careful. Improper use can easily lead to oral infection, and if swallowed carelessly, it will lead to very serious consequences.
At 0: 30 on June 9th, 165438, the emergency telephone of the Endoscopy Center of Shengzhou People's Hospital (Shengzhou Branch of the First Hospital of Zhejiang University) rang, and there was a 3 1 year-old man with abdominal pain in anorectal surgery. The patient's emergency CT showed spindle-shaped foreign body in ascending colon and suspected perforation. I hope the endoscopy center can help us see if we can take foreign bodies under colonoscopy. Department doctor Yu Shan promised to give it a try. If this problem can be solved under colonoscopy, patients will be spared more trauma.
Soon, the patient was sent to the colonoscopy clinic. The doctor, who had been prepared for a long time, calmed the patient's nervousness and slowly underwent colonoscopy.
Because the patient did not prepare a clean intestine, there were fecal blocks blocking the way along the way, which affected the forward view of the mirror and took several times more time than ordinary examination.
Finally, slowly approaching the target, Dr. Yu saw a small yellow stick, and the surrounding mucosa was obviously swollen and ulcerated.
With the cooperation of nurse Zhao Yi, the doctor loosened the foreign body from the intestinal wall with a foreign body forceps, put it into the intestinal cavity longitudinally, and then clamped the two intestinal walls pierced by the foreign body with a titanium clamp. Repeated observation showed no obvious perforation and bleeding. At this time, Dr. Yu safely withdrew from the bamboo stick in the foreign body forceps-it was a small toothpick!
"Fortunately, the toothpick was not stuck in the small intestine when it was swallowed, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." Dr. Yu said that with the development of endoscopic technology, the foreign bodies taken out under the endoscope are also various: fishbone stuck in the throat, red dates in the esophagus, toothbrush in the stomach, hairpin, ring, lead wire ... toothpicks, which are sharp, thin and hard, can't be digested by the stomach and can't be excreted by the intestines. With the peristalsis of gastrointestinal tract, the tip of toothpick will puncture the intestinal wall, and the deeper the puncture, the more serious the consequences, such as gastrointestinal perforation, massive bleeding, abdominal infection and so on.
The doctor also reminded that under normal circumstances, toothpicks swallowed by patients can be taken out through endoscopy or surgery, but if serious complications are caused, it may be life-threatening. Therefore, once the toothpick is swallowed by mistake, you must go to the hospital as soon as possible, so as not to delay the illness and cause irreparable regret.
In daily life, we should also pay special attention to using toothpicks. Especially for children, it is best to use it under the supervision of parents, and infants should stay away from toothpicks.