What to do if you get a splinter in your throat



Thorn stuck in the throat, do not at home to deal with their own, timely to the hospital otolaryngology consultation, by the doctor to deal with.

1. First of all, use a light source to irradiate the throat, if you can see the thorn in the throat, you can use tweezers to take it out.

2.. If the stinger is deeper and cannot be seen with the naked eye, the location of the stinger needs to be determined by fiberoptic laryngoscope, and then the stinger will be removed with special instruments, and the local area will be disinfected after the stinger is removed to prevent infection.

3. If you can’t see the location of the thorn through the fiberoptic laryngoscope, or the thorn falls into the esophagus, we need to remove the thorn under general anesthesia through gastroscopy and esophagoscopy.

If the splinter is stuck in the throat, it is best to go to the hospital in time and remove the splinter in time to avoid deep infection.