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Full coverage· Health· Updated

Baby's Coughing Fit Reveals Swallowed Pebble Lodged in Lung

A 10-month-old baby girl in Jerusalem was found to have a pebble lodged in her lung after a week of coughing and breathing difficulties. Doctors successfully removed the pebble using a minimally invasive procedure, and the infant recovered quickly.

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What happened

  1. 01A 10-month-old infant swallowed a pebble that lodged in her lung.
  2. 02Doctors at Shaare Zedek Medical Center successfully removed the pebble.
  3. 03The pebble was lodged between two blood vessels, posing a risk of bleeding.
  4. 04The infant recovered quickly and was discharged the same day.
  5. 05The case highlights the danger of foreign object aspiration in infants.
Translated and summarized by baba from Mako, the latest report. Read Mako’s original

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