Kerala Man Complains About Breathing Difficulty, Doctors Remove Cockroach From His Lungs
Doctors at the Amrita Hospital in Kerala's Kochi have removed a cockroach from the lungs of a patient who sought treatment with complaints of breathing difficulty.
The 55-year-old patient had sought medical help on Thursday after he felt that something was stuck in his lungs, that made him feel a lot of discomfort and even breathing difficult.
Cockroach in patient's lung?
While initial examinations including an x-ray failed to identify the cause of his discomfort, a detailed bronchoscopy by the ENT department found a foreign object in his left lung.
The doctors later identified the foreign object as a 4-cm-long cockroach.
Following the unusual diagnosis, the patient was rushed into an emergency surgery.
Complicated surgery?
According to local media reports, it took the team of doctors eight hours to remove the cockroach from the patient's lungs.
The surgery was made complicated by the patient's pre-existing breathing difficulties as well as the insect.
The doctors had to carefully remove the cockroach from his lung ensuring that not even a fragment of its body was left behind, which could lead to a future infection.
How the cockroach got there?
Dr. Tinku Joseph, who led the surgery said that the patient has recovered and has been discharged from the hospital.
It is believed that the cockroach entered the lungs of the patient through a breathing tube that was inserted through his neck due to a pre-existing medical condition.
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