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Scary fish bone stuck in tonguePosted By Rahul (Jharkhand, India) on 06/11/2014
Replied by Dave (Fountain Inn, Sc) on 06/11/2014
Re the bone stuck in tongue problem.
If you go to Earth Clinic's "Ailments" section you will scroll to "Splinters" and find lots of ideas on removing splinters. That is basically what this problem amounts to...the bone in tongue is a splinter.
My own suggestion is to hold a good oil that might be used for "oil pulling" in mouth for 20 minutes. This might take many applications but the pathway that the bone entered needs to be loosened and lubricated to allow the bone to come out...or be pulled out.
I've also used "ice" for removing splinters. Ice the area closest to the fragment and the contraction of the skin can sometimes force the bone out. Actually, such a soaking technique let me use a needle to get to the top of the piece of wood (splinter) which had become exposed from the action of the ice.
I wonder if a good Doctor could not get the bone out? There must be some reason why you don't want to let an MD deal with this but I might consider this one of those occasions when a good "general surgeon" would be perfect.
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