A bloodied toothbrush had to be removed from a man’s stomach after he swallowed it while cleaning the back of his throat.

Doctors removed the 19cm-long brush within 24 hours, fearing that leaving it any longer could have been fatal. The patient, 39, whose name has been withheld, was brushing his teeth on September 15 when it slipped.

He rushed to a nearby health clinic, which quickly referred him to a hospital more than 100km away.

An X-ray and further tests couldn’t locate the brush in the man’s throat – leading doctors to conclude it was in his stomach. A minor operation was performed a short time later and the brush was removed.

The man remained in hospital while he recovered and was discharged a few days later. Dr Bomni Tayeng, a senior surgeon at Bakin Pertin General Hospital, Pradesh, India, said:

‘The patient was taken to a private hospital in Pasighat – from there he was referred to our hospital. ‘The ENT surgeon of our hospital investigated the patient and planned to conduct an esophagoscopy, while I checked the patient at around 6pm.

‘The esophagoscopy procedure was conducted on September 16 morning, but the toothbrush couldn’t be found in the oesophagus – the muscular tube connecting the pharynx (throat) with the stomach. ‘This meant that the toothbrush had entered into the stomach.’

Dr Tayeng added that the patient was not feeling any pain after ingesting the toothbrush and was experiencing only minor discomfort in his upper abdomen.

He said: ‘As the toothbrush couldn’t be detected in the x-ray, I then decided to conduct an exploratory laparotomy process under general anaesthesia in the same sitting.

‘The brush could be easily felt in the stomach and was removed through a small incision in the stomach. This procedure took only about 30 minutes.

‘The very next day he started taking oral fluids, and had an uneventful recovery. He was discharged on September 21.’

Source: https://metro.co.uk/2020/09/22/toothbrush-removed-from-mans-stomach-after-he-swallowed-it-while-brushing-13310218/

Risky play.....

This is one profession(surgeon) i cannot do(i kannot can't at all).... Ah dey find am hard to even butcher fowl, talkless of to slice open my fellow human being belly......eeeewwww

how him go swallow brush na pikin?

nawa ooo notin person no go see for nairaland

Some happenings are really really strange

NA WA O OYINBO .

EVEN SMALL PIKIN NO GO DO THAT . HIM STOMACH GO DEY CLEAN NOW

I don't understand

You mean the tooth brush went through his throat into his stomach without breaking or getting stuck

Indian people been doing strange things from time immemorial

na wah!

Which kin one be the one

it's only in India items hairs,nails , jewellery,brush,knives,snakes etc are found in stomach

Great effort from the doctors

Judge him not

Things happen

Rookie. When I was 9 I swallowed a TV remote control and excreted it 3 days later.

I am kind of wondering which normal man will swallow a tooth brush while brushing.

If na woman, it won't matter much because they are used to dealing with things that are bigger and even longer than tooth brush.

Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright

When a real niggarrr heave a sigh of relief and he is about to light up his weed thinking he has heard and seen everything in life
Then boom another one pops up from India

Oboy
A bloodied toothbrush had to be removed from a man’s stomach after he swallowed it while cleaning the back of his throat.
wetin this man dea clean

I taya for india weird news...

Them no dey taya?

Indian and strange things are like 5&6

Am not surprised

India that scored 99 goals in a single match

osamz007:
NA WA O OYINBO .

EVEN SMALL PIKIN NO GO DO THAT . HIM STOMACH GO DEY CLEAN NOW

Which oyinbo?

This one wan brush oesophagus

A

If na my country the man don go

He is a human version of Venus fly trap

How can he swallow toothbrush, was he shoving it down his throat

Hmmm

Hmmmmm End time Toothbrush

How exactly did the brush went down his throat with its rugged shape?