Woman who swallowed a 20cm toothbrush while on vacation reveals how she is lucky to be alive

A female has revealed she is 'lucky to beryllium alive' aft she accidentally swallowed a 20cm toothbrush while connected picnic - leaving her terrified of brushing her teeth. 

In July, Amber Hunt, 38, was connected picnic successful Croatia visiting her in-laws pinch hubby Amir Devark, 41, and their 2 children - aged 8 and 1 - erstwhile she felt nan instrumentality spell down her throat. 

The mom-of-two, from Ohio, was brushing nan backmost of her rima erstwhile nan 20cm toothbrush slipped retired of her fingers and down her throat.

She attempted to drawback nan toothbrush, however, she was unsuccessful and began panicking - prompting her spouse to unreserved her to nan infirmary to person it removed by experts. 

Now, Amber is recalling nan incident that near her 'afraid' to usage nan oral hygiene merchandise ever again. 

Once nan mom arrived to nan hospital, doctors 'didn't believe' she had a toothbrush successful her tummy and performed an precocious endoscopy. 

When she arrived, she explained what had happened and doctors performed an ultrasound but Amber claims they couldn't spot nan toothbrush astatine first.

She said: 'They didn't judge maine arsenic they couldn't spot nan toothbrush. They were calling my father-in-law to cheque nan bath to make judge I hadn't thrown it.

'We went location for nan evening and came backmost nan adjacent day. They performed an precocious endoscopy and they recovered nan toothbrush successful my tummy and transferred maine to different hospital.'

A expert was incapable to get nan toothbrush retired truthful Amber was taken to KBC Split Hospital successful Split, Croatia, for a 45-minute process to person it removed.

Medics put a drawstring astir a camera inserted it down her pharynx and utilized it to get a clasp of nan toothbrush and propulsion it up retired of Amber's pharynx - each while Amber was awake.

Amber said: 'I americium happy to beryllium alive, I americium worried to usage a toothbrush again. I person to beryllium very careful, I do it slow and make judge my hands are barren truthful it doesn't gaffe out.

'It was truthful scary, it shocked my family. It hadn't ruined my picnic but it would person if thing earnestly bad happened.'

Amber said: 'Luckily I didn't choke and it went down to my stomach. 

'The emotion erstwhile I swallowed it was 'oh my gosh, I americium going to die. I kept swallowing, I knew I could still respire - I kept trying to drawback it but couldn't.

'I person musculus spasms, I person my pharynx stretched each fewer months truthful I deliberation that is why it didn't get stuck.'

The mom revealed that she is fortunate to beryllium live and said that she is now 'wary' of utilizing a toothbrush.'