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What Causes Discomfort In The Throat After Swallowing A Chicken Bone?

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Posted on Thu, 4 May 2017
Question: I swallowed a broken chicken wing bone yesterday. I did not realize it until the broken small piece was going down my throat.
I have no breathing issues after ingesting the bone piece. The bone fragment appeared to slip down to my stomach...
However I'm concerned regarding should I go to the ER or not as a precaution?
Is it possible that the broken bone can do puncture, preforation or other damage to my stomach, intestines, colon, etc
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Answered by Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal (53 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Chicken bone ingestion

Detailed Answer:
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Welcome to HealthcareMagic and thanks for putting up the query
If you know that the bone has passed onto stomach that you need not worry as it will be excreted in stools.
but if you can feel it somewhere in throat than you should go to ER for an examination and removal of bone.
Eat bananas and boiled potatoes. it will help in its excretion from gut.
Any further questions are always welcome.
Take care
Thanks and regards
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What Causes Discomfort In The Throat After Swallowing A Chicken Bone?

Brief Answer: Chicken bone ingestion Detailed Answer: Hi Welcome to HealthcareMagic and thanks for putting up the query If you know that the bone has passed onto stomach that you need not worry as it will be excreted in stools. but if you can feel it somewhere in throat than you should go to ER for an examination and removal of bone. Eat bananas and boiled potatoes. it will help in its excretion from gut. Any further questions are always welcome. Take care Thanks and regards