I thought it was a dream...A spoon in my body for five months
Jun 20, 2025
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According to Chinese media such as China Dotcom, Xiaoyen (pseudonym), a 29-year-old man, recently visited the hospital for abdominal pain, and a foreign body was found in the stomach.
The CT scan showed that it was a spoon-shaped object almost 15 cm long.
Xiaoyen explained to the medical staff what happened during his trip to Thailand in January this year.
Having drunk a lot with his friends during the trip, he wanted to vomit with severe dizziness and nausea after returning to the hotel.
He picked up a plastic coffee spoon in the room and stimulated his throat to induce vomiting. But suddenly, I felt the strength of my throat pulling the spoon, and immediately fell unconscious.
He regained consciousness the next day and considered swallowing a spoon a dream when he felt fine.
Since then, he has been without any symptoms for about five months until recently, he explained.
Then, I recently felt pain and went to the hospital to get tested, and I was shocked to find out that there was a spoon in my actual stomach.
The medical staff said it was difficult, but they would take it out as a procedure.
On examination, the round part of the spoon was stuck in the bulb of the duodenum, and the long handle was located below the duodenum.
The barrier here was very thin, so there was a high risk of perforation.
After about 90 minutes of the procedure on the 18th, the medical staff was able to safely take out the spoon through endoscopic procedures.
The medical staff said "The treatment was difficult because the surface of the spoon was smooth and the position where it was placed was very dangerous, but fortunately, it ended without any problems.", he explained.
Xiaoyen said "What I thought was a dream was almost a disaster"I was relieved.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
