A significant number of patients in clinical practice have resorted to drinking vinegar and swallowing vegetables to deal with fish spikes in the throat before consulting a doctor, all of which are wrong ways of dealing with the problem and may even lead to deeper penetration or breakage of the fish spike, making it more difficult to detect and remove. If a fish spike is not removed and left in the throat, it can lead to inflammation and, in severe cases, abscesses in the throat.