Some people accidentally swallow the date stone when eating red dates, because the date stone is hard, and the two ends are sharp, stuck in the throat, can not get out, it is very dangerous.
Some people in order to take out in a hurry, the earth method is to drink vinegar and swallow steamed bread, for this, these behaviors are not advisable.
Because the hard date stone is very likely to stab the esophagus, if you do not go to the hospital in time, it may lead to more serious consequences.
A small date stone can do great harm
There are five main points in the digestive tract for an errant date stone to break through.
The first pass: the entrance of the esophagus, this position is particularly narrow, if the date stone passes horizontally, it will basically be stuck.
The second level: the esophagus in the middle of the sternum (about the third button of the shirt), where the wall of the esophagus is only a few millimeters thick, the sharp date stone is very likely to Pierce the wall of the esophagus and involve the nearby thoracic aorta, once this major artery is damaged, the bleeding caused by it is completely unstoppable, and the cost is likely to be life.
The third level: the cardia (where the esophagus joins the stomach).
The fourth level: gastric antrum, the date stone entering the stomach may also get stuck on the stomach wall, causing gastric ulcers, causing abdominal pain, and even gastrointestinal bleeding.
Fifth level: Small intestine. The diameter of the human intestinal tube is generally 1-3 cm, which is flexible. If the foreign body is too long, exceeding the diameter of the intestinal tube, the foreign body cannot turn in the curved intestinal tube, and may get stuck in the turn or relatively narrow place, and cannot continue to move forward. Too long the stuck time will lead to ischemic necrosis or even perforation of the intestinal wall mucosa, causing acute peritonitis.
From the cases encountered in clinical work, the esophagus and gastric antrum are the two places with the most cards.
Once the date core stuck in the esophagus, should go to the hospital in time, must not use the folk method of swallowing rice and other forced ingestion.
If there is no stuck in the esophagus, it is also necessary to observe the situation of abdominal pain, once the pain occurs, you should go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition.
Do not take paraffin oil and laxatives, after taking will speed up the peristalsis of the intestine, but increase the chance of digestive tract perforation.
Stop eating immediately after swallowing
According to the condition, the corresponding treatment can be selected, and the simple one can be directly removed by gastroscope or laryngoscope.
Stop eating immediately after swallowing date stones, too much food in the stomach is easy to cause reflux, increasing the risk of foreign bodies. Also try not to do the upper digestive tract barium meal fluoroscopy, white barium meal and date stone mixed together, is not conducive to the identification and removal of date stone.
Should go to the hospital with treatment conditions in time, and the earlier the visit, the easier it is to take out the date nucleus, the lower the incidence of complications.
But the date stone is not always so simple, when there is perforation, mediastinum infection or involvement of large blood vessels, but also need a thoracic surgeon to help, open chest surgery, then, a small date stone really may be fatal!
Especially the elderly and children, it is best to remove the stone before eating dates, which is a good way to prevent misingestion. There is also to promote slow eating, develop good eating habits, do not "swallow." In case the date stone is accidentally swallowed, remember not to use the soil method "hard pharynx", should be timely medical treatment, so as not to delay treatment, resulting in serious consequences.
