On December 15, in Harbin, Heilongjiang, a citizen found a man standing under a lamppost on the roadside unable to move because his tongue was stuck to the surface of the lamppost after he licked it. Later, the police went to the nearby supermarket to borrow a pot of hot water and poured it on him, and rescued him in time.
Police rescued a man whose tongue was stuck to a lamppost. Picture/video screenshot
Jiupai News search found that every year in winter, it is not uncommon to lick metal and get stuck. On November 4, 2021, snowfall caused local temperatures to plummet in the Altay region of Xinjiang, with the lowest temperature dropping to more than minus 20 degrees Celsius. A little boy's tongue was stuck to a lamppost. Passers-by noticed it and called the police immediately. When the firefighters arrived, they immediately poured warm water and slowly separated the boy's tongue from the lamppost.
Why does my tongue get stuck when I lick metal in winter? This is because metals such as iron and copper conduct heat quickly. In winter, when the tongue touches iron with extremely low temperature, the heat will be quickly taken away, and the liquid on the surface of the tongue will quickly freeze, causing the tongue and iron to stick together.
In this regard, Xie Chun, deputy chief physician of the Department of Stomatology, Union Hospital Affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, once pointed out that if the tongue is stuck by iron, it cannot continue to wiggle the tongue or pull it forcefully. If the tongue continues to wiggle, the tongue will become more tightly adhered to the iron. , if you pull it hard, you may strain the tongue, and you need to take the correct method to separate it. Under normal circumstances, it can be relieved by exhaling loudly, melting it with warm water, or taking medication.
He explained that breathing heavily can use the warmth of the mouth to increase the temperature of the adhesions and resolve them; if exhaling loudly cannot improve the sticking of the tongue to the iron, you can choose to pour warm water on the place where the tongue and the iron are connected. , after the iron absorbs the heat in the water, it will slowly melt the ice cubes to improve the situation of the tongue being stuck to the iron.
If tongue ulcers occur when the tongue is stuck to iron and is removed, it is necessary to apply lidocaine gel, compound benzocaine gel, etc. locally under the guidance of a doctor for analgesic and anti-inflammatory treatment, which can prevent ulceration. Infection occurs and helps wound healing.
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