Fatal Choking Due to a Slug: A Death Driven by Folklore.

Animals Gastropoda Folklore Airway Obstruction / etiology Autopsy
Nepal airway foreign body asphyxiation medicolegal autopsy

Journal

Wilderness & environmental medicine
ISSN: 1545-1534
Titre abrégé: Wilderness Environ Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9505185

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2023
Historique:
received: 03 02 2022
revised: 27 08 2022
accepted: 07 09 2022
pubmed: 12 11 2022
medline: 22 3 2023
entrez: 11 11 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The use of animals for therapeutic purposes is based on traditional beliefs, family pressure, and watching others appear to be cured. We report an unusual case of a 47-y-old man who choked to death after consuming a live slug. During autopsy, a 9.5-cm slug was found impacted in the tracheobronchial tree. History provided by the family revealed that the deceased consumed slugs in the belief that this would relieve his symptoms of chronic arthritis. We report this rare case to highlight the possible ill effects of such practices.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2022.09.003 PMID: 36369204
pubmed: 36369204
pii: S1080-6032(22)00159-4
doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2022.09.003
pii:
doi:

Types de publication

Case Reports

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

100-102

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 Wilderness Medical Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Alok Atreya (A)

Department of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal. Electronic address: alokraj67@hotmail.com.

Samjhana Ghimire (S)

Department of Forensic Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Tanuj Kanchan (T)

Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.

Srijana Kunwar (S)

Department of Forensic Medicine, Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.

Dhiraj Shah (D)

Department of Forensic Medicine, Kathmandu University Hospital: Dhulikhel Hospital, Dhulikhel, Nepal.

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