A toothpick that was swallowed nearly killed a Russian resident of the Moscow region accidentally managed to eat it while brushing his teeth and happily forgot. but in vain. Three days later, such acute pains began that he was urgently hospitalized with suspected appendicitis. The doctors did not find an inflamed appendix, but they did find a toothpick. The sharp stick was able to pierce the wall of the small intestine and cause a perforation. The surgeons removed the foreign body, and the patient has already been discharged home.

A toothpick that was swallowed nearly killed a Russian resident of the Moscow region accidentally managed to eat it while brushing his teeth and happily forgot. but in vain. Three days later, such acute pains began that he was urgently hospitalized with suspected appendicitis. The doctors did not find an inflamed appendix, but they did find a toothpick. The sharp stick was able to pierce the wall of the small intestine and cause a perforation. The surgeons removed the foreign body, and the patient has already been discharged home.