How to Get a Fish Bone Out of Your Throat

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Cough hard when you first feel the bone in your throat.. Visit the emergency room if the fishbone seems stuck.. Expect to have an x-ray or CT scan.

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Cough hard when you first feel the bone in your throat.

Step 1

Cough hard when you first feel the bone in your throat.

2

Visit the emergency room if the fishbone seems stuck.

Step 2

Visit the emergency room if the fishbone seems stuck.

3

Expect to have an x-ray or CT scan.

Step 3

Expect to have an x-ray or CT scan.

4

Discuss an endoscopy to get a more detailed image.

Step 4

Discuss an endoscopy to get a more detailed image.

5

Ask whether surgery is needed or not.

Step 5

Ask whether surgery is needed or not.

6

Try flushing the bone out with water.

Step 6

Try flushing the bone out with water.

7

Slurp down a thick, delicious milkshake to dislodge the bone.

Step 7

Slurp down a thick, delicious milkshake to dislodge the bone.

8

Eat a peanut butter sandwich to push the bone down your throat.

Step 8

Eat a peanut butter sandwich to push the bone down your throat.

9

Try swallowing a large marshmallow.

Step 9

Try swallowing a large marshmallow.

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