An elderly man of 64 years always had pain in the stomach. When he reached the doctor, a surprising case came to light in the investigation. Actually, there was a toothbrush stuck in the stomach of the person, which he accidentally swallowed at the age of 12.
A toothbrush was stuck in the intestine of this elderly person from China for 52 years. After investigation, the doctor told that he needs surgery. It took the doctors 80 minutes to remove a 17 cm brush from inside that person. For so many years, the person felt that the brush must have melted inside, but it was not so.
Toothbrush swallowed at the age of 12
According to a report by the South China Morning Post, a person named Yang of Anhui province of eastern China said that he remembers that he had swallowed the brush at the age of 12 and was very afraid to tell his parents about it.
Brush was trapped in the small intestine
Yang said that he felt that the toothbrush would dissolve automatically. Recently, he did not feel anything unpleasant. When the doctors of the hospital examined his digestive system, it was found that the toothbrush was stuck in his small intestine.
Brush out of the stomach after 80 minutes of surgery
He performed her endoscopic surgery and in 80 minutes expelled a 17 cm long toothbrush from her body. It was one of the longest things extracted by the hospital in the last three years.
A small thing could prove to be fatal
A doctor named Zhou said that under normal conditions, toothbrushes in the intestines can move, put pressure and pierce the inner tissues. This can cause holes in the intestines and can also be fatal. Yang was lucky that the brush was trapped in a turn of the intestine and had barely shaken for decades.