Why are only Chinese doctors able to pull fishbone?
It seems that only Chinese doctors have the superb technique of pulling fishbone.
Many things are only known to be precious when they are far away. Some compatriots in the distance may have already been psychologically prepared for these helpless partings and separations, so most of them accept the reality in sorrow.
But there is one thing that people realize after going abroad that they are really inseparable.
It is "the superb fishbone-pulling technique of Chinese doctors".
For many Chinese people, eating fish and being stabbed is a routine operation: it is easy to solve it by yourself, if you can't solve it, you will eventually go to the hospital to register a number.
But after going abroad, people discovered that this attitude of not being afraid of fishbone is exclusive to China. In some European and American countries, general anesthesia started to solve throat stabbing.
A fishbone has a huge impact at home and abroad. The former has a high probability of "clamping with tweezers", while the latter may face "bankruptcy"...
In foreign countries, students and overseas Chinese have been suffering for a long time.
This is not because people go to other places, and their skills in picking fishbone have declined, but because in other areas, eating fish cannot tolerate too many mistakes. These compatriots in foreign countries have long since learned a cruel fact through their own painful experiences and gossip through word of mouth: not all doctors "know" how to pull fishbone out.
On domestic social media, international students from all over the world continue to share their painful experiences.
Most of them ate the common fish dishes in China out of homesickness, and encountered minor accidents that are common in China. When a familiar abnormality appeared in the throat, these compatriots may not be particularly panic, but they rushed to the In the hospital, everyone really messed up.
Because in front of them is no longer the skilled skill of the doctor, but the repeated CT, the bill for general anesthesia, and the long wait in the emergency room.
For example, in Toronto, Canada, due to the inefficiency of the medical system, it may take more than 10 hours to queue for a fishbone. As a result of waiting, it is very likely that thorns need to be taken under general anesthesia. In other European and American countries, X-ray photography is also required to confirm the position before taking fishbone.
When the fishbone was no longer a simple problem, some international students were hit hard by "cultural differences" for the first time.
Not long ago, some Chinese in the Toronto area began to complain about how difficult it is to get fishbone here. A netizen also shared his past experience on the Internet:
She was caught in the throat by a fishbone one day, and underwent multiple X-rays and referrals within 17 days, and underwent two general anesthesia operations, but the problem was not resolved. In the end, she made a special flight back to Shanghai. Just let a farce settle down.
Similar cases are not uncommon, and the Chinese people have the same disbelief: Why does a fishbone consume so much manpower and material resources?
In fact, some foreigners have always been ill with the "fishbone problem", and they also wonder why it takes so much trouble to get the fishbone. In the face of sky-high bills and extremely tortured medical costs, more people will choose to use some traditional remedies.
In the final analysis, this phenomenon is not because of the low level of medical care in this area, but because of "too few actual cases".
In most European and American countries, freshwater fish with more fish bones do not appear on the dining table as often as in China, and deep-sea fish with fewer spines and more meat are more in line with their appetite. At the same time, they also prefer to cook processed deboned fish.
Although the technique of eating fish and spitting spines is considered a basic survival skill for Chinese people, it belongs to "a kind of talent" abroad.
The chances of foreigners needing to face the fishbone directly are very rare, resulting in a fishbone stuck in the throat is a rare accident (more common than even a chicken bone stuck in the throat). For these surgeons, handling fishbone is not a requirement that is often encountered in the work, which is why they need to be extra cautious when dealing with small fishbone - after all, there is little clinical experience.
(It's worth mentioning that X-rays or laryngoscopes just to pull fishbone out are not exactly "over-medical." Because, depending on the situation, small fishbone can also scratch the esophagus, puncture veins, and Potentially fatal risk.)
And the reason why we seldom feel that "fishbone sticking is a big deal" is because domestic doctors are too skilled. (Emphasis again: But the fishbone is not necessarily a trivial matter, you still need to be vigilant about it and seek medical attention as soon as possible)
In China, where everyone loves to eat freshwater fish and is good at cooking fish in various ways, sticking fishbone in the throat seems to be the only way for everyone, and everyone has more or less "stuck in the throat" accidents.
In most of these cases, people can resolve it on their own. In a small amount of time, going to the hospital can be resolved quickly.
Because the domestic doctors have developed a skilled technique - use small tweezers to pick up the fishbone. And this is precisely the "special ability" created through years of practice. In China, there may be more opportunities for clinical practice such as fishbone pulling than you can imagine——
For example, because patients have too much demand for fishbone plucking, some places have even set up "nighttime fishbone clinics" for this purpose.
A media interviewed a doctor at the "Night Fishbone Clinic" of the Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University. He said that the probability of people seeking medical attention due to fishbone is actually far beyond the imagination of the public. Especially during the Chinese New Year, an average of more than 20 roots are pulled every day.
A Deputy Chief Physician of Nanjing BenQ Hospital once said: The hospital handles fishbone accidents for more than a dozen people every day, and the number will double during holidays.
If there are any specialties of Chinese doctors compared with those in other regions, "good at pulling fishbone" may be one of them. Under the extensive demand, they have already learned the "super power" of controlling fishbone, which also leads to the "smoothness" when everyone sees a doctor: basically, as soon as the money is paid, the mouth will be finished.
In general - the reason why everyone can eat fish peacefully all the time is because someone is carrying the load for us.
This picture shows you the charges for taking fishbone in emergency at night in general hospitals in China:
1. Throat endoscopy fee CNY99
2. Emergency examination fee CNY50
3. Topical anesthesia fee of CNY11
4. Endoscopic pharyngeal foreign body removal CNY160
Totally about $46, very cheap, isn't it?
By the way, the fishbone and the disposable tweezers used to grasp the fishbone are sharp objects and must be discarded into medical sharps container or sharp box.
