Kid Suffered Brain Damage After Falling Into a Chopstick That Went Through the Mouth to the Brain

2019-10-02 , 11:00 pm

Be careful what you let your kids hold.

Most of you reading this are (likely) over the age of three, so those hazard warnings for toddlers often go ignored by us.

However, if you do have a kid, then you should know that their curiosity can get the better of them at times.

Sorry, mom, I did eat rocks as a child once.

Chopsticks are definitely one of those things you don’t let a toddler hold, though.

Because terrifying things like this happen.

This is probably going to get a bit disturbing, I’m warning you.

A one-year-old toddler from China was running about her house after eating.

This was after she had just learnt to walk, so kind of understandable for her parents to let her move around.

But for some reason, they thought it was a good idea to let her hold a chopstick.

Definitely something you shouldn’t trust someone who can barely speak and walk hold.

Unfortunately, the toddler did indeed have a fall as she was playing with it…

…and it went straight through her mouth and all the way to her brain.

Needless to say, her parents freaked the heck out and rushed her to a hospital immediately.

The CT scans certainly didn’t help allay the parents fear, since the toddler had to undergo an operation immediately.

During the process, the doctors found that the chopstick had entered 2cm of her brain.

I would tell you I don’t want to imagine it, but we have a picture of the scan below.

The doctors added that the chopstick had pierced her internal jugular vein and that there was even rice on the item.

Once again, don’t want to imagine how much pain she must have been in.

On a more positive light, the chopstick was able to be removed since it had not gone too far into the toddler’s brain.

She is currently being treated in the intensive care unit although she is at risk of intracranial infection.

Be careful of what you let your kids hold, and treat those hazard warnings on utensils and toys seriously.

It is unlikely that something like this happens often, but prevention is always the safest option.