Health
Surprising find inside woman’s oesophagus just before her death – Yahoo News Australia
In a sad case, doctors only realised what was causing the non-verbal woman’s deteriorating health just before she died.
Doctors have made a surprising find in the oesophagus of a non-verbal woman not long before she died.
The woman, from the US state of Ohio, was taken to the emergency room after a choking episode with persistent coughing, according to her case in The Journal of Emergency Medicine.
It was noted she had a history of mental retardation and dysphagia. Dysphagia means issues with swallowing.
An X-ray study of the chest showed mild opacity at the left lung base and she was discharged with antibiotics,…
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