{"id":128650,"date":"2022-09-20T16:47:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T23:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=128650"},"modified":"2022-09-20T16:47:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T23:47:20","slug":"farmer-dies-after-accidentally-swallowing-inch-long-fish-bone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2022\/09\/20\/farmer-dies-after-accidentally-swallowing-inch-long-fish-bone\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmer dies after accidentally swallowing inch-long fish bone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>By <a class=\"meta__link\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/20\/farmer-dies-after-accidentally-swallowing-inch-long-fish-bone\/#\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"flyout-ben-cost\">Ben Cost<\/a> Courtesy New York Post<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"featured-image featured-image__wrapper m-top\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger \" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"23930078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"featured-image__img wp-image-23930078\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: initial; font-size: 18px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=744\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1488 1488w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1116 1116w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=744 744w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=372 372w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-comp.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" alt=\"A farmer tragically died of a fatal infection caused by swallowing a fishbone.\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" \/><\/button><\/p>\n<figure class=\"featured-image__figure\"><figcaption>A farmer tragically died of a fatal infection caused by swallowing a fish bone.<span class=\"credit\">B.M.Munasinghe via IJSCR<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"single__content entry-content m-bottom \">\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--primary-tag\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading widget-heading widget-heading--sm\"><span class=\"widget-heading__sub\">MORE ON:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/freak-accidents\/\" data-ga-event=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;More On&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nypost.com\\\/tag\\\/freak-accidents\\\/&quot;}\">FREAK ACCIDENTS<\/a><\/h2>\n<div class=\"inline-module__content\">\n<ul class=\"inline-module__list\">\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/20\/horrifying-video-shows-woman-cheat-death-as-nyc-crane-falls-on-car\/\" data-ga-event=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;More On&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nypost.com\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/20\\\/horrifying-video-shows-woman-cheat-death-as-nyc-crane-falls-on-car\\\/&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Slot 1&quot;}\">Horrifying video shows woman cheat death as NYC crane falls on car<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/20\/i-fell-5ft-and-broke-my-foot-on-my-wedding-day\/\" data-ga-event=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;More On&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nypost.com\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/20\\\/i-fell-5ft-and-broke-my-foot-on-my-wedding-day\\\/&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Slot 2&quot;}\">I fell 5 feet and broke my foot on my wedding day \u2014 my groom kept partying<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/19\/experts-warn-against-the-onechipchallenge\/\" data-ga-event=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;More On&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nypost.com\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/19\\\/experts-warn-against-the-onechipchallenge\\\/&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Slot 3&quot;}\">Experts warn against the #OneChipChallenge allegedly sending kids to the hospital<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"story story--list\">\n<h3 class=\"story__headline headline headline--xxs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/19\/trapeze-flyer-crashes-to-the-ground-when-she-misses-husbands-hand-video\/\" data-ga-event=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;More On&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nypost.com\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/19\\\/trapeze-flyer-crashes-to-the-ground-when-she-misses-husbands-hand-video\\\/&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Slot 4&quot;}\">Trapeze flyer crashes to the ground when she misses husband\u2019s hand: video<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>A Sri Lankan farmer tragically perished after swallowing a fish bone, which pierced his intestine and triggered a fatal infection. A case report detailing the freak accident was published in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2210261222005776#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Journal of Surgery Case Reports.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 60-year-old unnamed patient had reported to the coastal District General Hospital of Sri Lanka, after experiencing three days of abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation and a distended belly, per the report.<\/p>\n<p>Suspecting he was going into septic shock, medics rushed the man to intensive care, where scans revealed that his abdomen was filling with fluid. This symptom suggested that his kidneys had stopped working \u2014 a possible sign of sepsis, where the body\u2019s immune system attacks its own organs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow\" data-component=\"inlineSlideshow\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__header\"><button class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--prev inline-slideshow__nav--disabled\" tabindex=\"-1\" disabled=\"disabled\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Previous slide\" aria-controls=\"swiper-wrapper-59f37a52723b41e8\" aria-disabled=\"true\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PREVIOUS<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__pagination swiper-pagination-custom\">1of3<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"button inline-slideshow__nav inline-slideshow__nav--next\" tabindex=\"0\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Next slide\" aria-controls=\"swiper-wrapper-59f37a52723b41e8\" aria-disabled=\"false\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NEXT<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__wrapper inline-slideshow__wrapper-initialized inline-slideshow__wrapper-horizontal inline-slideshow__wrapper-pointer-events inline-slideshow__wrapper-autoheight\">\n<div id=\"swiper-wrapper-59f37a52723b41e8\" class=\"inline-slideshow__slides\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--visible inline-slideshow__slide--active\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"1 \/ 3\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-feature.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 878px) 100vw, 878px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-feature.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1756 1756w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-feature.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1317 1317w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-feature.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=878 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-feature.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=439 439w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-feature.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" alt=\"The fish bone post-extraction from the farmer's intestine.\" width=\"878\" height=\"585\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">The fish bone extracted from the farmer&#8217;s intestine.<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">B.M.Munasinghe via IJSCR<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide inline-slideshow__slide--next\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"2 \/ 3\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=717\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1434 1434w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1076 1075w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=717 717w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=359 358w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" alt=\"The fish bone had created a small hole in the man's lower intestine.\" width=\"717\" height=\"589\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">The fish bone had created a small hole in the man&#8217;s lower intestine.<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">B.M.Munasinghe via IJSCR<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inline-slideshow__slide\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"3 \/ 3\">\n<figure class=\"inline-slideshow__slide-figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-slideshow__image\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=476\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=952 952w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=714 714w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=476 476w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=238 238w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/2cm-fish-bone-swallowed-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" alt=\"The patient didn't recall swallowing the fish bone.\" width=\"476\" height=\"589\" \/><figcaption class=\"meta meta--caption\">The patient didn&#8217;t recall swallowing the fish bone.<\/figcaption><span class=\"inline-slideshow__credit meta meta--byline\">B.M.Munasinghe via IJSCR<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A subsequent two-hour operation revealed a small hole in his intestine, which the medical staff discovered was caused by an 0.8-inch-long fishbone. However, the farmer didn\u2019t recall ingesting the 2-centimeter shard,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-11230255\/Farmer-61-dies-accidentally-swallowing-2cm-long-fish-bone.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=1490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Daily Mail reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the seemingly innocuous bone fragment had reportedly perforated his bowel, causing fecal matter to seep out and infect his abdominal wall. As a result, the intestine ballooned in size while yellow pus accumulated around the hole.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--related-post\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"story story--i-flex story--i-flex-none-lg\">\n<div class=\"story__text\">\n<h3 class=\"postid-21600089 story__headline headline headline--xs inline-module--related-post__headline\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In an attempt to save the patient, doctors sliced a 3.9-inch (10 cm) segment of the intestine and drained the perforation with the aim of reattaching the healthy bowel after the infection was eradicated. Despite their efforts, the patient passed away following cardiac arrest\u201d just eight hours after his admission to the emergency room, per the report.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, fish bones are the leading cause of gastrointestinal perforations,\u201d the study authors wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In regions where fish is a staple food, fish bones are not uncommon culprits of FBs [ingested foreign bodies],\u201d the case report states. The jagged, sharp nature of fish bones makes them more prone to inflict mucosal injuries and subsequent perforations.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/fish-bucket-mannar-sri-lanka.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23930172\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/fish-bucket-mannar-sri-lanka.jpg?w=1024\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/fish-bucket-mannar-sri-lanka.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/fish-bucket-mannar-sri-lanka.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/fish-bucket-mannar-sri-lanka.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" alt=\"A local fisherman holds a bucket of freshly-caught fish just after returning to shore in Mannar, Sri Lanka, August 16, 2022.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><figcaption>A local fisherman holds a bucket of freshly caught fish just after returning to shore in Mannar, Sri Lanka, on Aug. 16, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And while the outcome is favorable in most instances, nonspecific symptoms coupled with poor imaging resources can result in a delayed diagnosis, which doctors believed occurred with the aforementioned case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ben Cost Courtesy New York Post A farmer tragically died of a fatal infection caused by swallowing a fish bone.B.M.Munasinghe via IJSCR MORE ON:FREAK ACCIDENTS Horrifying video shows woman cheat death as NYC crane falls on car I fell 5 feet and broke my foot on my wedding day \u2014 my groom kept partying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}