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Suggest Remedy For Swallowing Of Piece Of Plastic

Hi, I just swallowed a really small (about 1cm) piece of plastic which i broke off the back end of my ball point pen (not the lid of the ink tube, but the surrounding, solid hexagonal-patterned plastic. I was a bit nervous and was chewing the small shard of plastic until i inhaled a bit hard and it ended up in my neck. I can very just barely feel the plastic at the front of my throat, but I think it's stuck. I swallowed many times, drank water, yoghurt, even exhaled and intentionally attempted to puke, but I can still feel that it hasn't reached my stomach, and is still stuck at my throat. Any way of getting it out? I don't feel any pain now, but i'm worried about the future.
Thu, 24 Jul 2014
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Hello,
I am Dr.Gaurav Baidya. Thank you for your query. I am happy to help you here.
The thing what you ate is not worrisum if it went inside your stomach. If you are sure its stuck in the neck, then do not attempt trying to remove it out. Then here you need an ent specialist and its better if you visit to him as soon as possible. They might need one x-ray neck to see if its really present.
If you are just feeling its presence with no irritation then most often its a false sense that usually can stay upto 1 day. Still for being at the safest side i would suggest you to visit a ent clinic let the dr. See with a scope or if needed get a x-ray.

Stay happy, stay blessed.
I hope my talk was conclusive and helpful.

Thank you
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Suggest Remedy For Swallowing Of Piece Of Plastic

Hello, I am Dr.Gaurav Baidya. Thank you for your query. I am happy to help you here. The thing what you ate is not worrisum if it went inside your stomach. If you are sure its stuck in the neck, then do not attempt trying to remove it out. Then here you need an ent specialist and its better if you visit to him as soon as possible. They might need one x-ray neck to see if its really present. If you are just feeling its presence with no irritation then most often its a false sense that usually can stay upto 1 day. Still for being at the safest side i would suggest you to visit a ent clinic let the dr. See with a scope or if needed get a x-ray. Stay happy, stay blessed. I hope my talk was conclusive and helpful. Thank you