Shocked with toy trumpet in 6 year old boy's lung

(Baonghean.vn) - Hearing the steady sound of a trumpet coming from her 6-year-old son's throat with each breath, Nguyen Thi Hue (Hoang Mai, Quynh Luu, Nghe An) and her husband were shocked to discover that the toy trumpet their son had just been blowing had gotten stuck in his throat. The boy was quickly transferred to Nghe An General Hospital to remove the foreign object in his lung.

On January 2, the ENT department admitted patient Nguyen Ngoc Manh (6 years old) with a diagnosis of foreign body aspiration in the lung, causing a severe cough reaction, requiring endoscopic intervention to remove the foreign body.

Baby Nguyen Ngoc Manh is being cared for at Nghe An General Hospital.

“Through X-ray, the foreign object was not detected because the toy was made of plastic and did not absorb contrast agent. However, through clinical examination and taking medical history from the family; we decided to use endoscopy to find and remove the foreign object. With its round, slippery shape, it was very difficult to remove, we had to put the tip of the trumpet up and rotate it to get it out from the left main bronchus.” – Dr. Tang Xuan Hai, head of the ENT department, said.

It is known that Manh was in the process of losing his baby teeth, so when he inhaled strongly, the trumpet slipped through the gap between his teeth and into his airway. Fortunately, the trumpet had a gap so it did not completely block the patient's airway.

Two days after the foreign object removal, today the patient is healthy and is being monitored further.

Hoang Yen