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Man had a spoon stuck in his esophagus for a year!!

A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but nothing helps the spoon go down. A man in China found this out the hard way when he swallowed a spoon on a dare. The utensil got stuck in his esophagus, but surprisingly, it didn't cause him much discomfort. Months passed, but the irritation wasn't serious enough to prompt the man to seek medical attention. It wasn't until about a year later when, after being punched in the chest, he began experiencing chest pains and having difficulty breathing, which prompted him to seek medical care. Examination revealed a metal foreign body in the upper part of the pharynx to the esophagus, and when doctors peered down the mans throat with an endoscope (a long, thin tube with a camera attached), they spotted the mucus-coated spoon. Doctors performed a two-hour procedure to remove the spoon which measured about 8 inches (20 centimeters) long. Doctors expected the man to make a quick recovery. People often swallow things that they shouldn't, such as lighters, dentures and garden slugs. Examples such as these along with the wayward spoon may represent accidents or temporary lapses of judgment. However, sometimes people repeatedly gulp down objects that could harm them. In 2016, a 42-year-old man deliberately swallowed 40 knives some folded and some unfolded over a period of two months, claiming that he did so because he liked the way they tasted. Following his surgery, he was resting comfortably; doctors expected him to be discharged within two days hopefully, a little wiser after his ordeal. Image credit: Xinjiang Meikuang General Hospital