The nib of the pen was accidentally swallowed 18 years ago, the reality revealed in the city scan when the corona got infected
Sometimes childhood mistakes cause a lot of trouble to a person. Due to the mistakes made in childhood, many times a person has to face problems in his firmness. Something similar happened with Suraj, a resident of Aluva. When Suraj, a resident of Aluva, was 14, he accidentally swallowed the nib of a pen, which got stuck in his lungs. Which the doctors had now gone and removed. He was suffering from asthma-like disease for years due to hanging nib in the lungs.
According to the news published in the New Indian Express, in the year 2003, when Suraj was in the ninth standard, he accidentally swallowed the nib while playing the whistle. Due to which he was taken to a private hospital in Kochi. However, nothing unusual was found in the X-ray. Due to which his family members felt that the nib of the pen had come out of the stomach. However, after that he developed many lung diseases.
Assuming himself to have asthma, Suraj kept wandering from one hospital to another to get his treatment. In December last year, he got corona infected, due to which his condition worsened. He was admitted to Apollo Hospital due to persistent cough and shortness of breath. To know the status of corona in Suraj’s body, doctors did a CT scan of his chest, in which he found an iron-like object in the lower part of the right lung. Due to which he was admitted to Amrita Hospital.
Doctors at Amrita Hospital removed the nib stuck in his lungs without surgery. For which he resorted to bronchoscopic procedure. Doctors told that due to being trapped in the lungs for the last 18 years, tissue had formed over the nib, which became very difficult to remove. However, in the end the doctors removed him and after keeping him under observation for a day, Sooraj was discharged. Talking about this, Sooraj said that he was suffering from severe respiratory and cough for the last 18 years. But finally now she is happy that she will not have to face any problem related to this anymore.