Woman swallows medicine packet; Discovers it lodged in throat after 17 days

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In a shocking incident in Northern Ireland, a woman accidentally swallowed a medicine plastic packet and only discovered it after 17 days. The packet was discovered only after four visits to the hospital. 

Woman swallows medicine packet; Discovers it lodged in throat after 17 days

The woman in her 40s accidentally swallowed the packet of painkillers in the middle of a night in November. After a sensation of a foreign body in her throat, she went to the hospital. However, even after taking an x-ray, the packet did not show up. 

The woman made many visits to the hospital and on the fourth visit, an oesophago-gastroduodenoscopy (OGD) scan, which examines the upper intestinal tract using a lighted tube was conducted. After conducting the scan, the packet was found. 

Reportedly, the packet was safely removed. The woman was quoted as saying, "had no idea I swallowed this. It was a very frightening three weeks and I couldn’t believe [it] when I saw the picture.” The woman was discharged after a period of observation. 

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