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Berry seeds successfully removed from six-year-old’s windpipe
A six-year-old boy was successfully operated for removing Indian berry seeds that had stuck in his windpipe, after two days of the incident.
In the successful operation continued for three hours, Dr Priyanath Agrawal and his team of medical experts removed the seed.
The patient Tulsiram Ahirwar hailing from Malakhedi in Hoshangabad district, accidentally swallowed the seeds while eating Indian berry at his residence on December 29. As soon as the seed got stuck in the windpipe, he started facing problem in breathing. Following this, the boy also suffered a cardiac arrest, Dr Agrawal told The Pioneer.
Tulsiram’s parents took him immediately to nearby hospital in Hoshangabad, where in X-ray nothing suspicious was found in boy’s windpipe. Doctors prescribed some antiseptic medicines to the boy, after consuming which the boy felt well, but after two days, while playing in the afternoon, Tulsiram again was not able to breathe and his heartbeat started to decline. Tulsiram’s parents then rushed him Dr Rajesh Patel, who after diagnosis referred him to Dr Priyanath Agrawal in Bhopal.
When the patient reached Dr Agrawal’s hospital, an x-ray was against conducted, in which Dr Agrawal found that the berry seed was struck in his right lung.
Without wasting any time, the boy was immediately administered anesthesia. Suddenly again the boy had a cardiac arrest his heart beat almost stopped and his conditioned worsened.
However, bronchoscopy of the boy was done in which berry seed was seen in the windpipe. After 3 hours of tireless hard work doctors were able to remove the berry seed from the windpipe of Tulsiram. Tulsiram remained unconscious for almost two days but is completely out of danger now.
Dr Priyanath Agrawal told "I have successfully operated more than 120 such cases, but Tulsiram’s case was most complicated among them. At a time we also thought that we may lose the boy but we kept on trying and were able to save him." Dr Deepak Jyotshi and Dr Abhay with team of nurses assisted Dr Agrawal during the operation.
A six-year-old boy was successfully operated for removing Indian berry seeds that had stuck in his windpipe, after two days of the incident.
In the successful operation continued for three hours, Dr Priyanath Agrawal and his team of medical experts removed the seed.
The patient Tulsiram Ahirwar hailing from Malakhedi in Hoshangabad district, accidentally swallowed the seeds while eating Indian berry at his residence on December 29. As soon as the seed got stuck in the windpipe, he started facing problem in breathing. Following this, the boy also suffered a cardiac arrest, Dr Agrawal told The Pioneer.
Tulsiram’s parents took him immediately to nearby hospital in Hoshangabad, where in X-ray nothing suspicious was found in boy’s windpipe. Doctors prescribed some antiseptic medicines to the boy, after consuming which the boy felt well, but after two days, while playing in the afternoon, Tulsiram again was not able to breathe and his heartbeat started to decline. Tulsiram’s parents then rushed him Dr Rajesh Patel, who after diagnosis referred him to Dr Priyanath Agrawal in Bhopal.
When the patient reached Dr Agrawal’s hospital, an x-ray was against conducted, in which Dr Agrawal found that the berry seed was struck in his right lung.
Without wasting any time, the boy was immediately administered anesthesia. Suddenly again the boy had a cardiac arrest his heart beat almost stopped and his conditioned worsened.
However, bronchoscopy of the boy was done in which berry seed was seen in the windpipe. After 3 hours of tireless hard work doctors were able to remove the berry seed from the windpipe of Tulsiram. Tulsiram remained unconscious for almost two days but is completely out of danger now.
Dr Priyanath Agrawal told "I have successfully operated more than 120 such cases, but Tulsiram’s case was most complicated among them. At a time we also thought that we may lose the boy but we kept on trying and were able to save him." Dr Deepak Jyotshi and Dr Abhay with team of nurses assisted Dr Agrawal during the operation.
