Chinese woman in hospital with stomach ache after she swallows spoon while eating noodles

A Chinese woman “accidentally swallowed” a 15cm-long stainless steel spoon while eating a bowl of noodles, mainland media reports

The 27-year-old, identified only by her surname of Wang, went to hospital in Yangzhou, in Jiangsu province, on Sunday three hours after swallowing the spoon, Modern Express reports.

Doctors spent two hours trying to locate the spoon alongside the noodles in her stomach using an endoscope before they were able to pull it out with a medical wire attached to the instrument.

However, they also cast doubt about her explanation for swallowing the spoon, although they were unable to find out precisely what happened.

“First of all, you wouldn’t use a spoon to eat noodles,” Yin Jian, the deputy director at Northern Jiangsu People’s Hospital’s department of gastroenterology was quoted as saying.

“This spoon was longer than a normal spoon and not easy to swallow either. We guess there might be another story behind what happened, but she wouldn’t say much,” Yin added.

Wang was sent home following the procedure after being discharged from hospital. It was not reported whether Wang was given back her spoon.