Bizarre reason man kept 12cm chopstick stuck in throat for 8 years | World | News

This is the incredible X-ray of a man in China who had a 12cm long rod stuck down his throat for eight years because he was afraid of surgery. The man, reportedly surnamed Wang, went to the hospital in March after getting tired of having his esophagus repaired.

Chinese site Daxiang News reported that Mr. Wang swallowed the unruly device eight years ago while drinking and eating. It was said that he felt pain at first but did not experience any breathing problems. Mr. Wang, an alcoholic, initially thought the disorder was caused by his drinking.

After a while, Mr. Wang began to feel that something was wrong and visited the doctors, who suggested that they could make an incision in his neck to remove the chopstick. Worried about what would happen if things went wrong, Mr. Wang rejected the request.

But eventually Mr. Wang decided to undergo surgery and had his chopstick removed in early March at Dalian Municipal Central Hospital in northeastern Liaoning province. X-rays of the chopstick show how she withstood the massive eating implement attached to her neck for almost a decade.

South China Morning Post Dr Huang Weipeng, from Dalian Municipal Central Hospital, said: “He told us that he had a chopstick stuck in his throat. I thought it happened now, but he said it happened eight years ago.”

The examination revealed that the metal rod was embedded in the soft tissue around Mr. Wang’s throat but, incredibly, did not damage his food, breathing tubes or vocal cords.

The operation was successful and Mr. Wang was discharged without chopsticks a few days later.

Chinese social media reacted with surprise to Mr Wang’s story. One person wrote: “12cm long. Oh my god, how tall. How did he last this long?”

Another added: “I felt pain reading this story.”

And another asked: “I wonder how he managed to swallow it?”

News about people swallowing strange objects frequently floods social media in China.