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Suggest Treatment For Food Stuck In Throat

At lunch I swallowed a small piece of bone that was in the soup I was eating. It was a little smaller than a tangerine seed, it was from a ham bone that was in the recipe. Should I be concerned or will it just pass through ? I have had several glasses of water since then.
Mon, 29 Feb 2016
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Hi Dear,

Welcome to HCM.

Understanding your concern. As per your query you have small piece of bone stuck in throat which is acting as foreign body there and causes accumulation of bacteria and debris. It happens that sometimes hard and sharp thing that had gone inside giving small abrasion in food pipe. Do warm saline gargles and maintain basic oral hygiene. If there is only abrasions then your symptom will resolve in 24 hours. You need not to worry about that. If you are having any foreign body in throat then your problem keeps on persisting and visit ENT specialist immediately. Go for fibro-optic scan and with the help of fiberoptic tip get that foreign object removed which is causing problem.

Hope your concern has been resolved.

Get Well Soon.

Best Wishes,
Dr. Harry Maheshwari
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Suggest Treatment For Food Stuck In Throat

Hi Dear, Welcome to HCM. Understanding your concern. As per your query you have small piece of bone stuck in throat which is acting as foreign body there and causes accumulation of bacteria and debris. It happens that sometimes hard and sharp thing that had gone inside giving small abrasion in food pipe. Do warm saline gargles and maintain basic oral hygiene. If there is only abrasions then your symptom will resolve in 24 hours. You need not to worry about that. If you are having any foreign body in throat then your problem keeps on persisting and visit ENT specialist immediately. Go for fibro-optic scan and with the help of fiberoptic tip get that foreign object removed which is causing problem. Hope your concern has been resolved. Get Well Soon. Best Wishes, Dr. Harry Maheshwari