A few days ago, Ms. Li and her family were eating in a restaurant when she accidentally got a fish bone stuck in her throat. Ms. Li felt very uncomfortable at once. Her family told Ms. Li to drink vinegar first to soften the fish bone, and then swallow the bun in a big gulp to try to bring the fish bone into her stomach. After Ms. Li did as she was told, she felt that the fish bones were still not removed, and there was a blockage behind the sternum and painful symptoms. The family was terrified and rushed Ms. Li to Zhengzhou Central Hospital. After looking at Ms. Li’s chest CT, I found that the fish bone did not pierce the esophageal wall, so in the gastroscopy room, I led my team to successfully remove the fish bone for Ms. Li via gastroscopy. The medical group in the second gastroenterology ward of Zhengzhou Central Hospital, with me as the core, has had a lot of experience in successfully removing foreign bodies from the esophagus, such as chicken bones, apricot kernels and fish spines, for patients under gastroscopy. In cases like Ms. Li’s, foreign bodies such as fish spines are found to have been swallowed, and should never be swallowed with a large mouthful of steamed buns, pancakes, or leeks. Because the ends of the foreign body may be very sharp, this method of strong swallowing will only damage the esophageal wall, or even puncture the esophageal wall, which can be life-threatening if it injures the aorta causing hemorrhage. If you find a foreign body in the esophagus, you must go to the hospital as soon as possible. Long-term stimulation of the foreign body in the esophagus can cause edema and erosion of the esophageal wall, or even the formation of ulcers, and the patient will have chest congestion, pain, and even back pain. Therefore, early treatment is the key, and the choice of gastroscopic foreign body removal is not only convenient and quick, but also does not require an incision, and the patient suffers less pain and recovers faster.