Swallowing a nail?

[flubberina13]

Hey...can someone out here pls tell me what are the symptoms of swallowing a nail...

I may have done it...never count the nails...

I scatterbrained...doing multi tasks at the same time...then...long story...

sigh...

Pls tell of symptoms before my last resort of checking myself into hospital but can't afford the time...busy w work...

[BarraCudaTM]

what kind of nail? yr fingernails or steel nail?

[terryansimon]

fingernail, no problem. will probably be passed out when you move your bowels.

steel nail. major problem.

[Achilles Tang]

I suggest using a magnet to try easing it out of the intestinal tract... if it hurts too much coming out the other way... then you can try the other way thru, pass the oesophagus.

[flubberina13]

Not joking...I'm serious...

magnets work meh? Dun bluff...

[Hon]

You must be straving ...

[terryansimon]

AT's kidding. I think. =\

seriously, its a steel nail? go to the hospital to do an X-ray of your ailmentary canal immediately.

[flubberina13]

To be specific...it was like an hour or two ago when i suddenly remembered I had dropped some steel nails while having dinner and had drunk the soup without thinking or looking as the soup was dark and lots of stuff inside aka szechuan soup...

So within this time frame, if anything could have happened, should have manifested by now, right?

[terryansimon]

technically yes. it should be in your stomach by now. did you feel any sensations whilst swallowing? or anything pressing against your gut/oesophagus? if no, then you should be safe.

but if I were you, I'd go do a complete X-ray on my ailmentary canal. prevention is better than cure. (=

[Golden Tooth]

Don't waste time. Go see Doctor lah.

[terryansimon]

yah I second Golden_Tooth.

don't mess around with a nail. I can't imagine the disaster it may cause. rupture your intestines. scar your intestines.

and even if you pass it out, you may get tentanus which will give you lock jaw. you can't get a cure for lock jaw, and you die from it as your jaw literally locks up.

not funny if you ask me. go see a doctor. and QUICK. you're in my prayers, for tonight only.

[Achilles Tang]

Man.... I thought it was a joke... not a finger nail???!

A real steel nail??? What do you have? A rubber hose for an oesophagus?? Surely you must have felt pain should you have swallowed a nail going down your throat?

[Dispar_Anthias]

Hiz so careless

[flubberina13]

I have a high threshold of pain so dun know leh and somemore my throat has been hurting for the past few days so never bother the pain...occupational hazard mah...

Anyway, called TTS and the nurse said..."Mame...are you going to wait for symptoms then you come down?"

So going off there now...keep me in thy prayers...

Sigh...

[terryansimon]

God speed my dear! (=

you are in my prayers...and urh. many others. (=

[Golden Tooth]

Goodluck.

[Dispar_Anthias]

To be specific...it was like an hour or two ago when i suddenly remembered I had dropped some steel nails while having dinner and had drunk the soup without thinking or looking as the soup was dark and lots of stuff inside aka szechuan soup...

So within this time frame, if anything could have happened, should have manifested by now, right? 

I think this is worst than being bitten by a blue ring........ cos symptom appear so slowly and thus make your thought run wild......

IMo if this thread get longer, you gonna scare out of your wits

[seamonkee]

and to imagine she got a new free tank recently!

[hoppinghippos]

hey flubby do update us here when you return from the hospital ok? hope everything turns out ok!

[soggy]

woah. i read the thread topic and i must say it really got me. shiat, if it's bad enough, the nail could puncture her stomach. or if left undiscovered, it'll rust in her. oh man, to think she thought we'd have a solution to a problem that serious. i hope all's well though..

[bum]

wonder how is she now?

[Tanzy]

How long is the nail?

I don't think it's going to cause much problems considering that I've seen x-rays of people who have swallowed worse stuff and remain perfectly fine. The stomach acid will probably blunt the nail so that it doesn't tear the intestinal lining. The release of iron might cause constipation or make you sick for a few days. The nail should come out in the faeces 2 to 3 days from now.

[bwilly]

should be oki lah..

if sis really swallow.. can feel it. unless the nail is impaled on small chicken meat, n she swallowed it whole chunk..

[terryansimon]

she said something about occupational hazard. what job requires you to drink soup and have nails around at the same time. =\

[hamannbmw]

could it be chicken bones