A Case Report an Apple a Day, Can Make it Your Last Day

Asphyxial death is one of the commonest modes of death which may be homicidal, suicidal or accidental in nature. Accidental death is defined as unexpected or unplanned event that may result in death. Asphyxia refers as lack of oxygen in blood & tissues due to impaired or absence of exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide leading to death. Choking is a form of asphyxia caused by mechanical occlusion within various sites of air passages by foreign object. It is more common among those people who laugh and talk during their meal, when food is accidentally inhaled. Choking of both organic and non-organic foreign bodies continues to be a common cause of mortality, requiring prompt recognition and early treatment to minimize the potentially serious and sometimes fatal consequences. The other most common cause of aspiration is general anaesthesia with full stomach or when patient is unconscious, under any intoxication or drowsiness. Such a case is brought to casualty of Sri Aurobindo Medical College and PG Institute, Indore with the history of drowsiness due to severe acute diarrhoea. At first site this case appeared a case of food poisoning but autopsy revealed that, it is a case of aspiration of mashed apple, which the deceased had consumed just before the death.