9 Dec, 2023 @ 13:00
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Woman in Spain goes viral after swallowing a TOOTHBRUSH while choking on ham

Photo: @haaiizzee/Instagram

A SPANISH woman has gone viral after swallowing a toothbrush while eating jamon. 

The Basque university student has spoken out after the bizarre incident, hoping to warn others. 

Last Wednesday, November 29, Haizea was snacking on some ham when suddenly she felt like she was drowning. 

The pesky jamon had not just ‘gone down the wrong way’ but had started to choke her, according to Diario Sur. 

The 21-year-old desperately tried to pull out the ham but did not succeed. 

As her horror-struck grandmother and uncle looked on, she attempted to dislodge the meat with a toothbrush. 

Suddenly, she noticed she was losing her grip on the brush as it slid down her throat. 

The choking finally stopped but her family immediately took her to hospital, where they discovered she had swallowed the toothbrush whole. 

She said: “I felt like I had something in my chest, but it didn’t hurt, it almost didn’t bother me.”

Even still, the Galdakao native had to have a gastroscopy to remove the brush, waking up after the procedure to find it next to her on the pillow.

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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