A 6-year-old, 11-cm stick that fell while eating candy got stuck in his brain through his mouth
Mar 27, 2025
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According to Chinese media such as Guangzhou Daily, A (6) living in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, fell while eating candy stuck on a bamboo stick on the 26th of last month.
The candy stick in his hand was stuck through his mouth and he complained of extreme pain.
The shocked parents rushed him to the hospital, and doctors performed an emergency CT scan.
As a result, the 11-cm-long bamboo stick was embedded through his mouth to the cranial base (between the brain and upper neck) and the cerebellum (the part of the brain responsible for movement and coordination).
The medical staff judged that the removal surgery was very dangerous.
This is because the cranial nerves that connect the brain to the eyes, ears, nose, face and neck pass, and arteries from the heart also pass through.
If the stick moved at all, a large amount of bleeding could occur and the boy could lose his life.
Neurosurgery, anesthesiology, pediatrics, and dentists rushed to plan surgery in collaboration and began emergency surgery.
After seven hours of high-level surgery, doctors succeeded in removing the stick without damaging the brain or blood vessels.
Miraculously, the boy was discharged two weeks after the operation with no neurological damage found.
In this case, the medical staff cautioned parents, saying, `It is very dangerous for children to run or move while eating, especially while holding sharp objects such as sticks and chopsticks.'
"If you have a foreign object stuck in your body, never try to take it out, but visit a hospital immediately for professional treatment," he advised.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
