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Can A Swallowed Tooth Prick Be Digested ?
Last Tuesday I swallowed a toothpick during dinner. I felt pain inside my throat . I went directly to hospital and had a barium swallow x-ray . Nothing could be seen. The hospital staff sent me home. The day after I phoned my GP and said there s nothing to worry as the acid in the stomach will digest it and and in due time it will pass with the stools . Is it true
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hi
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barium swallow is normal reveals that it is not stuck anywhere upto stomach, ( i.e., it has passed through the narrowest constriction)
the wooden tooth pick would get digested in nearly pH 1.0 acid of the stomach.
DO NOT BE WORRIED
regards
welcome to HCM
barium swallow is normal reveals that it is not stuck anywhere upto stomach, ( i.e., it has passed through the narrowest constriction)
the wooden tooth pick would get digested in nearly pH 1.0 acid of the stomach.
DO NOT BE WORRIED
regards
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