Quirky News
Live fish removed from boy's lung
Doctors in India have operated to remove a live fish from the lung of a 12-year-old boy.
Anil Barela swallowed the 9cm fish while playing on a riverside with friends in the Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh state.
The Times of India says boys commonly swallow live fish - but this one went down the wrong way and entered the boy's left lung.
Anil soon started feeling short of breath and was x-rayed after the oxygen levels in his blood dropped alarmingly.
Doctors decided on immediate surgery and removed the fish in a 45 minute operation.
Dr Pramod Jhawar, chest specialist and bronchoscope expert, said it was the first case of its kind he had come across in 20 years.
"The fish was live and taking its last breath when the bronchoscopy was done, restricting the functioning of both the lungs resulting in low intake of oxygen," he said.
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what do you think?
Tina Nunn
Yuk, poor fish
Gavin Nellis
yuk exactly.....i mean no salt and vinegar and no batter yuk yuk yuk
Julie Crumpton
Lol!
Juls Adams
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Gavin Nellis
bit racist isn't it????
David Sheen
A very unlikely story backed up with a very unreaslistic looking x ray
John Bibby
I agree ....very fishy indeed!
Gordon Wright
This looks a bit suss, why can't we see through the fish in the X Ray??
Gavin Nellis
it is a bit suss as the fish is a bit fin!!!!!!lol
John Rooney
You can't see through the fish because the fish wasn't getting X-rayed!
David Hussey
O.M.G
Jason Starkings
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Glen Hawkins
Ahhhh so that's where the species "Lung Fish" originated from ;)
gez.bevan
What a load of utter nonesense It entered the left lung?? Since x-rays show the image as though you're looking in a mirror, what is shown as being on the left side (as you look at it) is actually the right lung. Unless someone is going to tell us that the x-ray was taken from behind-in which case this 12 year old has very strange anatomy, and diseased lungs of someone much older. Clearly a quiet day for news...
Jackie Barry
Sounds a bit "fishy" to me.Why are there no bones in the fish?
Mark Gibson
This is not an x-ray of a 12 year old boy.........its a fake. Maybe funny on April 1st??? I think Id be more worried about the mass at the right apex.
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Gerry Farrell
nuts
Gavin Nellis
10:57am on 30/5/2012
I knew a young boy who swallowed a fish i dont know why he swallowed a fish perrhaps he'll die,he swallowed the fish to catch the worm that wiggled and tiggled inside him.....lol
Tina Nunn
3:51pm on 30/5/2012
Haha, I remember that song...weird that was
Julie Crumpton
5:40pm on 30/5/2012
...and me! Lol!
moreyone
7:39pm on 30/5/2012
sorrey mate you forgot the fly and the bus
aa aa
8:10pm on 30/5/2012
and the goat, and the dam.
Gavin Nellis
8:56pm on 30/5/2012
yeah peeps you forgetting it was also an old woman but then it wouldnt be relevant to the story would it