BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat

Subject: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,Elkewid
Date: 25 Mar 04 - 02:27 PM

For 2 days (48 hours) now, I have had a small chickenbone in my throat. I dont have any problems with breathing or eating, it is just a little bit irritating.

Will it disappear soon, do you think?
How long time can it stay there?
Can it grow into the throat-meat and sit there for many months?

Any advice how to get it away?

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Amos
Date: 25 Mar 04 - 02:29 PM

I think it would be a simple matter for a doctor to remove it and it would be safer to have it done. The risk is if ity gets jarred in a certain way it might do something harmful, I expect.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 25 Mar 04 - 02:33 PM

It needs to come out for 2 reasons, firstly it could becme dislodged and end up in your lung, and cause all kinds of problems, or it could cause an infection.see a doctor to get it removed.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST
Date: 25 Mar 04 - 02:33 PM

you might try swallowing a few pieces of white bread to push it down but I would see a doctor.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Little Hawk
Date: 25 Mar 04 - 02:41 PM

Yup. See a doctor.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 25 Mar 04 - 02:42 PM

Go to hospital emergency, now!

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Rapparee
Date: 25 Mar 04 - 06:40 PM

Run, carefully, don't walk, to the closest Emergency Room or doctor. Do it NOW!

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 05:24 AM

Let's hope by the time you've read this one, you've been to the doctor and had it taken care of! Please do let us know..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 12:05 PM

So, will this tale have a happy ending?

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,Elkewid
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 03:23 PM

Hi!
Thanks for the answers.

No, I have not been to a doctor. I am afraid he/she will torture me 5-10 minutes by putting something down my throat, without finding anything, and then tell me to wait until it disappears by itself.

I have tried eating bread and bananas and drink a lot of water, but it didnt help much. Today I ate a springroll, and some of that hit the chickenbone, because I felt a pain for a second in my throat. So I hope it moved the chickenbone a little.

Do some of you have or have heard about experiences with bones in the throat?
Have you maybe heard about cases where people had it for a long time, and then it disapperead?

Its probably very normal, when you think about how many in the world who eat chicken and fish. I find it hard to believe its dangerous.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Rapparee
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 03:35 PM

Get to a doctor. Do it NOW! This could do several things, none of them good, such as:

1. cause scarring and eventual closure of the throat
2. work itself loose and find its way to your lungs, causing a pneumonia which might very well kill you
3. cause infection and septicemia -- which can kill you and hospitalize you
4. work its way into the tissues and migrate to your vocal cords

as well as other things.

The doctor will put you under an anesthetic, and if not ask for one.

How many other people this happens to is irrelevant. This time it's happened to you.

But, then again, it's your life, your throat, and if you want to end up breathing through a stoma and burping your words, it's not my concern.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 03:43 PM

OK, Rap, that answers my question to you. Hey, whoever you are, it could KILL you. Go to a f#ckin' hospital emergency room and then let us know, OK? Don't mean to sound unkind here, but I have other things I want to worry about and you are becoming the focus of my thoughts. If you really have a chicken bone lodged in your throat, get medical attention. You will really piss me off if I have to send flowers to your funeral. I am broke at the moment.

I have heard stories about people who got bones stuck in their throats. One of the guys died. That give you a sense of urgency?

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Deckman
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 03:52 PM

One of my earlier wives almost died from that. CUIDADO!!!!!!. Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Deckman
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 03:52 PM

And besides .... think about the chicken!

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,Wordless Woman
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 04:11 PM

And if the bone somehow gets past your gullet, there's always the possiblity of it piercing your stomach or intestine. I'd say any of the above are far worse than a few minutes of discomfort at the doctor's office. Go with the doctor option.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 04:18 PM

Too dumb to seek medical attention... that's natural selection for ya...

Smells like a Darwin Award in here...

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,cluckin'mad
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 06:04 PM

shouldn't this one be on the interspecies relationships thread?

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 06:11 PM

Shoulda been in love with the song guy who gave his live a chicken that had no bone.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,pdc
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 06:57 PM

Anyone with pets will recall that veterinarians say not to give chicken bones to dogs or cats, as they splinter and leave sharp points that can do a lot of damage and cause a lot of pain.

What I don't understand is why anyone wouldn't go to a doctor in this case. !!??

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Deckman
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 07:11 PM

What's a doctor? Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Amos
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 07:38 PM

GUEST,Elkewid :

Please take the warnings offered here seriously enough to consult a doctor.


A

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 26 Mar 04 - 08:40 PM

"I find it hard to believe it's dangerous"
these are famous last words!

ps-see a doctor! [even if you have to pay a few pounds, it will be a lot cheaper than an undertaker]!

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Amos
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 12:23 AM

Roger!

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 01:00 AM

If you swallow enogh boiling water, you will have dilute chicken soup...

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 01:05 AM

My elderly neighbor managed to get a bit of a walnut in her lung, and she coughed miserably for months. (Her stupid doctor wouldn't believe her.) Finally she coughed it up, but what scarring may have occurred?

See if you can't get it out.

We tried to get her to change doctors, but at age 85 she was resistant to change.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 05:58 AM

If you're not dead by now from your own stupity,(sorry, but REALLY) get to a doctor so we don't find you on the Obits page here instead.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,Elkewid
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 01:07 PM

Thanks again for answers.

I will not die because of this, I am sure. Its not a big 5 centimeters chickenbone, but only a small piece of a bone. Maybe its less than 0,5 cm in diameter or length. So these "You are close to death"-statements some of you have had are exaggerations.

The worst that can happen to me, is that the piece gets loose and enters one of the lounges. Or an infection.

I have had it for 4 days now. So maybe its time to go to a doctor, because it doesnt go out, whatever I eat.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Deckman
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 01:15 PM

So stop eating already!

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: open mike
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 01:22 PM

i once got a hellascious (sp?) throat infection when a small grass seed
got stuck in my throat...when it pierced the skin it made a place where
infection could get in....it cost a lot in terms of pain and suffering,
and anti biotics to cure the infection...what were you doing eating chicken bones, any way? What makes you think this is a medical acvice site?

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 02:01 PM

Dear Elkewid: FOAC. You don't have the brains God gave a turnip. The bone won't hurt you. Please write again when your airway is blocked.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,Elkewid
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 04:50 PM

Today I went to the doctor.

He thought I did not have any chickenbone in my throat. He thought it was only a scratch in the throat.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 04:58 PM

OK, then I withdraw much of what I said. Glad you are OK. And I apologize: you do have the brains God gave a turnip.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Deckman
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 05:44 PM

Actually, It would have been a whole lot simpler just to cut your leg with a chain saw! Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Amos
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 05:55 PM

IS this like th eblonde who went to the Doc com[plainign that her whole body was sdick because wherever she touched it with her finger -- her head, her shoulder, her knee, her toes -- it hurt!! The doc looked her over and treated her for a sprained finger.

Glad you're not at risk, Eewiok!

A

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Ellenpoly
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 06:07 AM

Deckman!!!!LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!..xx..e

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,Dan
Date: 18 Aug 09 - 10:30 PM

small chicken breast bone smaller then 1/8 in. thin bone i felt it a split sec on my teeth befor i swallowed idk why i swallowed it seems small enough and now i can feel something in my throat. no pain or anything yet i have tryd drinking a lot also eatting rolled up bread the feeling is still there. it just happend about 30 mins ago. and i can still feel something. what should i do???

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,Dan
Date: 18 Aug 09 - 10:31 PM

I hope Elkewid post back with an update as to what happend with him

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 18 Aug 09 - 10:39 PM

He started the thread five years ago.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: wysiwyg
Date: 18 Aug 09 - 11:06 PM

Often the foreign object is long gone but the FEELING of it is still there. Only the doc will know for sure.

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Ebbie
Date: 18 Aug 09 - 11:32 PM

I don't know about chicken bones but I do know that if you get a FISH bone stuck in the throat they tell you to sip lemon juice. Softens the bone so that bread will easily take it down.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 18 Aug 09 - 11:46 PM

I just read that really boiling chicken bones will soften them. So I'd think that about an hour of gargling with extremely hot water should do the trick in an hour or so.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 18 Aug 09 - 11:58 PM

I should mention not to try that at home . . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: kendall
Date: 19 Aug 09 - 07:21 AM

George Washington's Sec. of War, Henry Knox, swallowed a chicken bone and it killed him.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Aug 09 - 08:32 AM

So did Mrs. Joyboy.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: SINSULL
Date: 19 Aug 09 - 08:32 AM

Or did the refrigerator kill her? I forget.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: kendall
Date: 19 Aug 09 - 11:46 AM

Mrs. Joy Boy???

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Ebbie
Date: 19 Aug 09 - 11:48 AM

Mrs.Toy Boy? Isn't she the one who always stays home? :)

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 19 Aug 09 - 03:24 PM

Pray to St. Basil. We used to have a fine Catholic ceremony on Feb 2 and of course they don't seem to have it any more..but they crossed candles and put them against your throat in the hopes that you wouldn't choke on fish bones specifically, seeing as we usually ate fish on Fridays..and other throat conditions. Cross two candles, put them on your throat (they were white) and pray to St. Basil...after you have seen the doctor of course. It was such a sensible ceremony and actually worked because we never choked. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: bobad
Date: 19 Aug 09 - 03:35 PM

Hey mg, I believe the throat guy's name was St. Blaise (I spent way too much time in Church in my youth)

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,Cammy
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 09:21 AM

My wife has a chicken bone in her throat that is embedded in the flesh. She is having surgery tomorrow

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Stringsinger
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 09:56 AM

Also, stop eating chicken.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: SharonA
Date: 23 Aug 09 - 11:05 AM

"The worst that can happen to me, is that the piece gets loose and enters one of the lounges."

Sounds like a joke: "A chicken bone walks into a bar...."

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Donuel
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 11:06 AM

Cooked chicken bones if eaten by a dog will spinter into sharp spikes that can easily kill a dog from internal piercings.


swallowing a teeny one is probably OK but since one can only assume it is a chicken bone in the throat the possiblility remains that it could be something else....




like a pubic hair.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: DougR
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 07:58 PM

Sounds to me like there is some chain jerking going on in this thread.

DougR

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 08:05 PM

Don't mess with it.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: bobad
Date: 24 Aug 09 - 08:23 PM

That person should do something about the arrow in his neck.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Peace
Date: 25 Aug 09 - 06:38 PM

Jaysus, first things first, Bobad.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: GUEST,tom sk
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 09:01 AM

i was eatin kfc and i got a bone caught in my throat is hurts like a bitch ive tryed loads of things i dunno what to do

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Ruth Archer
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 10:08 AM

Can I just say...this is one of the funniest threads I have ever read.

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: Bill D
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 12:29 PM

bon-e-fide

Subject: RE: BS: Health: Chicken-bone in the throat
From: bobad
Date: 21 Oct 09 - 01:33 PM

It's to die for!