Hyderabad, Sept. 5 -- A 57-year-old woman from Hyderabad, narrowly escaped a fatal emergency after a betel nut she placed in her cheek at night to control persistent cough accidentally slipped into her airway while she was asleep.
This led to severe respiratory distress, according to Consultant Pulmonologists Dr. E. Ravinder Reddy and Dr. Bharath Janapati from Kamineni Hospitals, LB Nagar here, today.
While explaining the case, the experts said the patient had been suffering from a chronic cough aggravated when lying down, disturbing her sleep. To ease the discomfort, she kept a betel nut in her cheek.
However, she unknowingly swallowed it during sleep, resulting in violent coughing, shortness of breath, and severe discomfort.
She was r...