"Does It Work Properly?"... 4.3 Million Views for the Bizarre AirPods Swallowing Incident

American Woman in Her 50s Shares Shocking Story on TikTok
Swallowed AirPods Passed Through Bowel After Two Days

A woman in her 50s in the United States accidentally swallowed one side of Apple's wireless earphones, the AirPods Pro, but passed it through her body via bowel movement two days later without any medical intervention, drawing attention.

According to foreign media on the 13th (local time), Tina Barker, a woman in her 50s living in Utah, USA, accidentally swallowed an AirPods Pro on the 9th. At the time, she was on a walk and was about to take a vitamin pill while talking with a friend.

An American woman, Tina Barker, who accidentally swallowed one side of her AirPods, is explaining the situation at that time.
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Barker shared on her TikTok account, "I was so focused on the conversation that I didn’t properly check the pill, but something looked strange," and "It didn’t go down well (my throat), so I kept drinking water and swallowed it, feeling something slowly going down into my stomach." However, she later realized that the vitamin pill was still in her hand after swallowing. What she swallowed was not the vitamin pill but one side of the AirPods Pro she was holding in her other hand.

Many netizens who saw this expressed concern about Barker’s condition and requested updates on her situation. Fortunately, the AirPods Pro in Barker’s stomach came out in her stool two days later on the 11th, and medical staff confirmed that there was no abnormality in her body. Barker shared her bizarre experience through a TikTok video, which has surpassed 4.3 million views as of the 14th.

One netizen asked, "Does the AirPods still work normally?" to which Barker replied, "We will never hear the answer to that question."

Accidents involving swallowing wireless earphones due to carelessness are not uncommon.

Chinese Man Swallows AirPods While Sleeping to Music

In April, a man in his 20s in China fell asleep wearing AirPods and swallowed one side in his sleep. The man was listening to music with the AirPods when he fell asleep, and the next day, one side of the AirPods was missing. Despite searching every corner of the room, he couldn’t find the AirPods, so he tried to find them by playing music as loudly as possible and listening for the sound. At that moment, he realized the music was coming from inside his body.

He rushed to the hospital and confirmed the AirPods were in his stomach through an X-ray. Medical staff advised him to "wait for the AirPods to come out naturally through bowel movement," and fortunately, the AirPods were safely expelled.

Previously, in 2019, a man in Taiwan lost his AirPods and found the device inside his body using the 'Find My iPhone' feature. This man also passed the AirPods through bowel movement, and at that time, the device had 41% battery remaining and was reported to be functioning normally. Additionally, in 2020, a 7-year-old child in the United States swallowed gifted AirPods and received medical treatment.

If you accidentally swallow wireless earphones, you should promptly visit a hospital. Forcing vomiting can injure the esophagus or cause the earphones to get stuck there. If an X-ray confirms that a non-sharp object is in the stomach, most cases involve waiting for natural expulsion through bowel movement.

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