What happens if you don’t remove a fishbone from your throat?

Fishbone in the throat can not be taken out may appear in the throat pain, discomfort, foreign body sensation and other symptoms, if the fishbone is larger may also cut the esophagus, or lash the blood vessels and thus cause bleeding, or cause mediastinal infection, the serious case will be life-threatening. If the fishbone is stuck in the shallow part of the throat, the fish splinter is small, there may be pain and discomfort in the throat, difficulty in swallowing, the patient consciously feel a foreign body sensation in the throat, etc. If you can see the fish splinter, you can use tweezers to clip it out. If the fishbone is stuck in the deeper part of the throat, the fishbone is larger and failed to take out in time, first of all, it may scratch the mucous membrane of the throat, causing swelling and pain in the throat, the fishbone can damage the esophagus downward, or zap the aorta, causing hemorrhage; or cause the mediastinum of the infection, resulting in respiratory distress; in severe cases, it is life-threatening. If the fishbone can not be found under direct vision, need to apply the laryngoscope to check the laryngopharynx, after the discovery of the fishbone, in the laryngoscope irradiation, the application of laryngeal foreign body forceps to take out; or in the esophagus under the gastroscope to find the fishbone, the application of foreign body forceps to take out. It is recommended that patients should consult the hospital in time after stabbing the fishbone, and the fishbone should be removed by the specialized doctor.