An 11-year-old boy who swallowed a gold bar worth 15 million won, how?
Apr 15, 2025
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According to Chinese media such as Jimu News, 11-year-old A, who lives in Suzhou, Jangsu Province, put a small gold bar he accidentally found while playing at home in his mouth and swallowed it out of curiosity.
Since then, symptoms of abdominal pain and abdominal bloating have appeared over time, and parents, who did not know why, took their child to the emergency room of Suzhou Medical School Children's Hospital in fear.
The examination revealed a rectangular object in the stomach.
The medical staff, who thought it was a gold bar according to the child's explanation, prescribed laxatives that promote bowel movements in hopes of being discharged naturally.
But even after two days, the gold bar remained the same.
In the end, the medical team decided to perform a gold bar removal due to concerns about intestinal obstruction and perforation.
Considering the still young age, the medical staff decided to perform minimally invasive endoscopic procedures. It was decided to perform a procedure in which a small hole was inserted into the abdomen and the instrument was removed.
The procedure was successfully completed in only 30 minutes. The gold bar that came out of the body was 100 grams long. At the current market price, it reached about 15 million won.
The day after the procedure, the boy was normally able to eat and drink food and water, and was discharged without complications after several days of follow-up.
The medical staff returned the gold bar to the family and urged them to take precautions to prevent accidental swallowing of foreign substances in the future.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
