Hyderabad sources stated that a Taiwanese man was unharmed even when he had swallowed one ear bud of his Apple AirPods while he was sleeping. Meanwhile doctors pointed out that the shell casing of the AirPods protected his innards from the damage. Furthermore Ben Hsu is a Navy recruiter in the port city of Kaohsiung in Taiwan.
Further narrating the incident to a leading daily, he said that he had slept with his AirPods on his ears. Hence when he woke up, he could not find one of the AirPods. In order to find it, he turned on his iPhone and the Find My iPhone app. Meanwhile he was searching the AirPod all over the room with the beeping sound and he was surprised to find that the sound came from his stomach.
Apparently Ben said he then went to the hospital and doctors confirmed that he had swallowed one of the AirPods. Moreover doctors recommended that he pass the ear bud through stool and for the purpose gave him a laxative and doctors said that if it failed they would go for surgery and said that the battery was still 41% while adding that this is an excellent example that an Apple product is magical. Reportedly the doctors said that the plastic shell around the AirPod lowered the risk of harm compared to swallowing a regular lithium-ion battery and doctors warned it could have resulted in serious consequences namely rupturing the intestines.
