ABSTRACT

The dietary requirement of everyone is a delicate balance of all the macro and micro nutrient elements that a body needs so as to be healthy. These numerous elements and minerals are found adequately in different food lines that are consumed. The African continent is richly endowed with numerous types of food materials, many that are grown seasonally by our numerous subsistent farmers. Apart from these, there are various types of sources of protein that are either domesticated in our numerous villages and communities and by some larger farmers and these animals may include cow, goat, sheep, rams, fowls and duck fowls to name but a few. Ponmo or cattle hide is a local delicacy that can be used as a substitute for meat or eaten in combination with meat and other proteins in majorly Nigerian dishes. Meat is essential for body building, repairs, antibody generation, and overall health
This is a case report of a patient who swallowed ponmo(cattle hide) and it got impacted in his throat necessitating his visit to our facility.

KEYWORDS 

meat, ponmo(cattle hide), swallowed, impaction, hyosine bromide.

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Cite this article

Aghorighor SD, Oriakhi NS, Orhe OG, & Anyanwu E. B. (2026). Meat Impacted in the Throat of 56 Year Old Patient! A Case Report. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HEALTH & MEDICAL RESEARCH, 5(4), 344-347. https://doi.org/10.58806/ijhmr.2026.v5i4n13