HARD PILL FOR AVALING: A woman lived with a blister lodged in the throat for 17 days

Think of it as a hard pill to swallow.

A North Irish woman in her forties probably did not know that she was left with a blister pack in her throat for 17 days.

According to a case report published in the British Medical Journal, the unidentified woman allegedly swallowed a packet of tramadol pain relievers in the middle of the night last November. The package then sits in his throat.

The case report indicated the next morning she had swallowed tramadol, the woman was not feeling well and had visited the emergency room of a local hospital. The package was not shown X-ray. The doctors then sent her home, asking her to come back three days later if she still felt embarrbaded.

The woman returned and received steroids and painkillers as treatment. Her condition improved and she was sent home.

She returned to the hospital five days later for an X-ray centered on the throat and back of the mouth. The results would have been normal.

Still suffering from discomfort, the woman came back to the hospital a fourth time, where the doctors used a camera to see the cause of the pain. That's when they found the package lodged in his throat.

"She had swallowed her whole tramadol tablets in the original aluminum paper package lodged in the upper esophagus," said David McCrory, author of the report.

The woman was shocked by the discovery.

"I did not know I had swallowed that," she said, according to the British Medical Journal. "These three weeks were very scary and I could not believe it when I saw the picture."

The woman underwent an esophagoscopy procedure to remove the pill packet. After a period of observation, the woman left the hospital, notes the case report.