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A 48-year-old Colombian woman died after allegedly swallowing and
choking on her dental prosthesis while sleeping.
Doctors always recommend removing dentures at night, to avoid any kind
of accidents, a piece of advice that María Farías Guzmán, a 48-year-old
woman from Colombia’s Armenia region did not follow. The woman
reportedly went to sleep with her dental prosthesis in her mouth, only
to accidentally swallow it, and become lodged in her throat somehow.
Maria’s family would later tell investigators that they heard unusual
noises coming from the woman’s room, so they decided to check on her,
only to find that she wasn’t breathing.
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María Farías Guzmán was rushed to Hospital del Sur in her home city of
Quindio, where doctors attempted to resuscitate the woman and clear her
airways. Unfortunately, their efforts were unsuccessful. A “respiratory
tract obstruction” was pronounced as the cause of death.
“Her relatives became aware of the situation while she was sleeping, but
she arrived at the hospital with no vital signs and staff performed
resuscitation maneuvers and procedures to clear her airways, but she did
not respond,” coronel William Alberto Zubieta Pardo, of the Quindio
police department, told journalists.
Chocking on dental prostheses is considered extremely rare, so this case
caused a lot of commotion online, with many people asking for more
details on how it could have happened. More details are expected as soon
as the full forensic report is published, but in the meantime, better
put those dentures in a glass of water at night, just to be sure.
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