What to do if you accidentally swallow a bone while eating ribs

Whether or not swallowing a bone will cause clinical symptoms depends on the size of the bone, the sharpness of the edges, and whether or not the patient has an underlying disease. If the bone swallowed by the patient is small and the patient is in good health, it will not cause any obvious harm to the body, and the bone will be gradually absorbed under the digestion and metabolism of gastric juice, or finally excreted through the gastrointestinal peristalsis. If the patient swallows a large bone, has a corresponding underlying disease or the edge of the bone is relatively sharp, it may cause damage to the digestive system. For example, if the bone is not fully digested by gastric juice, it may lead to intestinal obstruction, in which the patient will show obvious abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, accompanied by anal defecation and bowel movement stop. In this case, the patient can be given appropriate internal conservative treatment or surgical treatment. If the edges of the bones eaten by the patient are relatively sharp, it may cause gastrointestinal bleeding, for example, the patient may vomit blood, black stools and other corresponding clinical symptoms. In this case, the treatment is to give the patient the appropriate hemostatic treatment, and at the same time, give the appropriate internal medicine treatment or surgical treatment, in order to remove the corresponding bone as soon as possible.