News Forum - Nakhon Si Thammarat man nearly dies after crab claw gets stuck in his throat

[Thaiger]

A grandfather in the southern Thai province of Nakhon Si Thammarat nearly choked to death after he swallowed a crab claw. The man’s doctor shared the harrowing story to his Facebook. Dr Arak Wongworachat says the man came into the Sichon Hospital over the weekend after the man’s family rushed him to the hospital. According to the Facebook post, the grandfather couldn’t breathe, had severe pain in his throat, couldn’t speak, appeared confused and was foaming at the mouth. So, the hospital immediately gave the man a Covid test. The 70 year old patient was unable to communicate with the […]

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[gummy]

You would have thought after attaining the age of 70 that he would have more sense then putting a crab claw in his mouth.

[HolyCowCm]

Well at least it wasn't an entire durian.

[TV7]

Man comes into hospital with huge pain, doesn't breath properly... Doctor: "Nurse, first give him a Covid test, before we check if it's a heart attack!"

[gummy]

13 minutes ago, TV7 said:

Man comes into hospital with huge pain, doesn't breath properly... Doctor: "Nurse, first give him a Covid test, before we check if it's a heart attack!"

Maybe this is the first case were death has been due to crabs ?

[PatrickSatoLee]

never know Khanom Jin can be so dangerous

[AlexPTY]

Great news reporting 

[semrand753]

The fiddler crab picture chosen to head this article is both highly inaccurate (presumably) as well as comedically brilliant (certainly).

After seeing the picture and reading the title I couldn't resist reading the actual article even though I knew what was going to happen. It's like a next generation kind of click-bait. Well done Thaiger!

[Alavan]

On 8/30/2021 at 7:37 AM, TV7 said:

Man comes into hospital with huge pain, doesn't breath properly... Doctor: "Nurse, first give him a Covid test, before we check if it's a heart attack!"

Except my friend told me this morning she phoned 3 doctors as she had pain in her ear.
Each said they would prescribe some medecine.
She asked if they didn't have to check the inside ear...
Negative, they are afraid of covid.