{"id":121153,"date":"2023-12-04T19:49:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/?p=121153"},"modified":"2023-12-04T19:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T19:49:08","slug":"woman-chokes-on-turkey-then-swallows-entire-toothbrush-in-freakish-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogcamlodipine.com\/world-news\/woman-chokes-on-turkey-then-swallows-entire-toothbrush-in-freakish-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman chokes on turkey – then swallows entire toothbrush in freakish accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Spanish woman reportedly swallowed her toothbrush whole after using it to try and fish out a piece of food she was choking on.<\/p>\n

Heizea, from Galdakao, in the Basque region \u2014 whose full name was withheld by foreign media \u2014 claimed that she had been eating turkey on November 29 when a piece got stuck in her windpipe.<\/p>\n

As the 21-year-old gasped for air, she desperately grabbed her toothbrush and attempted to pull the food out.<\/p>\n

But in her haste she went down too far, and swallowed the eight-inch-long instrument.<\/p>\n

Heizea said that she had to take drastic action as no one else was around to help.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy dad couldn\u2019t help me because he\u2019s stuck in a wheelchair with a damaged Achilles tendon, so I decided to help myself by using the toothbrush,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause it was only getting worse, I grabbed the first thing I could get hold of which was the toothbrush to try and dislodge it,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n

But just as the turkey became loose, so did\u00a0Heizea’s\u00a0grip on the toothbrush: \u201cI tried to hold it by the bristles but once the obstruction was cleared, it just got sucked in.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was then rushed to hospital, but said didn’t feel any pain during the peculiar ordeal.<\/p>\n

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Heizea\u00a0recalled having to explain the \u201cbizarre\u201d situation to staff at the hospital. \u201cThey all started rushing around and couldn\u2019t believe it until they saw the x-rays, and it really was there,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

After three hours of examination and diagnosis, surgeons removed the brush during a 40-minute procedure while she was under sedation.<\/p>\n

No surgery was required as doctors were able to pull the tool out by looping the head of the toothbrush with surgical twine and lifting it back out through the esophagus.<\/p>\n

\u201cI woke up with the toothbrush next to me on the bedside table,\u201d Heizea said, adding: \u201cI was just glad I could breathe again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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