7/19/2003: Fork in the throat

Undertoad · 07-19-2003, 11:44 AM

Doctor Nikola shows a fork that was removed from an Israeli woman who swallowed it while trying to catch a bug that flew in to her mouth, in Poriah Hospital northern Israel July 10, 2003. Doctors performed emergency surgery and removed the fork.

Hubris Boy · 07-19-2003, 11:58 AM

Huh?!?

To hell with the fork, I wanna see the damn bug! What kind of bug causes you to instinctively reach for a fork when it flies down your throat? Something like this, maybe?

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elSicomoro · 07-19-2003, 12:17 PM

Maybe that woman can qualify for next year's World Stupidity Awards.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-19-2003, 02:28 PM

I saw the x-ray that showed the bug too. Not very impressive, really. I want to know how the fork got sideways so high up in her body?

GruntDoc · 07-20-2003, 03:30 AM

Well, now. Swallowed a fork, did we? Nice Xray.

Really, that's about right for the lie of the stomach ( upper abdomen, left to right), and for a long, rigid foreign body in same. It won't make the next turn into the very twisty duodenum, so it's stuck there. If she's lucky, the tines of the fork didn't poke holes in anything vital.

No doubt, it was removed endoscopically (no cutting/surgery), so she can go back to bug-hunting when she desires.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-20-2003, 08:44 AM

Welcome to the Cellar Doc.

Thanks for the input. I was fooled by the position of all those little A's and B's in the commercials.

Tobiasly · 07-20-2003, 08:54 AM

Makes me think of the Jackass movie, where the guy inserted a toy car up his ass and then went to the doctor to get an X-ray.

chrisinhouston · 07-20-2003, 09:28 AM

How's that old nursery rhyme go?

"She swallowed a fork to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed a fly, poor old women she'll probably die!"

Eravau · 07-20-2003, 09:56 PM

You can see all the lyrics to the old fok song/fairy tale/poem of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly..." all the way from the fly to the horse she swallowed (she died of course) on this page. (found via google, of course).

dar512 · 07-21-2003, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hubris Boy
Huh?!?

What kind of bug causes you to instinctively reach for a fork when it flies down your throat?

This was in Yahoo's Daily News Oddly Enough section a week or so ago. As I recall she swallowed a flying cockroach.

wolf · 07-22-2003, 01:21 AM

Hmmm. Fork. Interesting variation.

I'm a lot more used to the bozos (and bozettes) who swallow razor blades (in case you were wondering, the standard of care is just to let them pass). We had a woman admitted a couple of weeks ago that had swallowed 6. Not a Guinness World Record by any stretch of the imagination, but still impressive in terms of her perseverance.

russotto · 07-22-2003, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by wolf
I'm a lot more used to the bozos (and bozettes) who swallow razor blades (in case you were wondering, the standard of care is just to let them pass).

How come they don't perforate the intestinal wall, leaving a septic trail all the way down the alimentary canal?

07-19-2003, 11:44 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	7/19/2003: Fork in the throat Doctor Nikola shows a fork that was removed from an Israeli woman who swallowed it while trying to catch a bug that flew in to her mouth, in Poriah Hospital northern Israel July 10, 2003. Doctors performed emergency surgery and removed the fork.

07-19-2003, 02:28 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I saw the x-ray that showed the bug too. Not very impressive, really. I want to know how the fork got sideways so high up in her body? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-20-2003, 03:30 AM	#5
GruntDoc Provocateur Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 9	Really, that's about right Well, now. Swallowed a fork, did we? Nice Xray. Really, that's about right for the lie of the stomach ( upper abdomen, left to right), and for a long, rigid foreign body in same. It won't make the next turn into the very twisty duodenum, so it's stuck there. If she's lucky, the tines of the fork didn't poke holes in anything vital. No doubt, it was removed endoscopically (no cutting/surgery), so she can go back to bug-hunting when she desires.

07-20-2003, 08:44 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar Doc. Thanks for the input. I was fooled by the position of all those little A's and B's in the commercials. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-20-2003, 09:56 PM	#9
Eravau Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 2	You can see all the lyrics to the old fok song/fairy tale/poem of "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly..." all the way from the fly to the horse she swallowed (she died of course) on this page. (found via google, of course). __________________ -Eravau Check out my Photo of the Day

07-19-2003, 11:58 AM	#2
Hubris Boy Keymaster of Gozer Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Patapsco Drainage Basin Posts: 471	Huh?!? To hell with the fork, I wanna see the damn bug! What kind of bug causes you to instinctively reach for a fork when it flies down your throat? Something like this, maybe? <img src="http://members.iinet.net.au/~jaherne/alienhost/xenomorph/queen3.jpg" height="76" width="178">

07-19-2003, 12:17 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Maybe that woman can qualify for next year's World Stupidity Awards.

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Tobiasly hot Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville) Posts: 892	Makes me think of the Jackass movie, where the guy inserted a toy car up his ass and then went to the doctor to get an X-ray.

07-20-2003, 09:28 AM	#8
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	How's that old nursery rhyme go? "She swallowed a fork to catch the fly, I don't know why she swallowed a fly, poor old women she'll probably die!"

07-22-2003, 01:21 AM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Hmmm. Fork. Interesting variation. I'm a lot more used to the bozos (and bozettes) who swallow razor blades (in case you were wondering, the standard of care is just to let them pass). We had a woman admitted a couple of weeks ago that had swallowed 6. Not a Guinness World Record by any stretch of the imagination, but still impressive in terms of her perseverance. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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