Make no mistake, it can happen to anyone of us

Sep 2, 2015 20:34 GMT  ·  By

Just the other day, a woman in China needed urgent medical care when she dislocated her jaw simply by laughing too hard. As it turn out, such mishaps can happen. 

Reports say that, at the time when she sustained the injury, the woman was on a train together with her husband and a family friend. They were traveling from the city of Nanning in the country's Guangxi Zhuang region to Qingdao, Shadong.

The travel party were supposed to reach their destination in about 28 hours, and so, to make the time pass, they got themselves a deck of cards and started playing.

Except the woman got too worked up

While playing poker with her husband and her friend, the woman, identified as Jiao Yuan, unexpectedly landed an exquisitely good hand.

She started laughing and screaming and yelling all at the same time, just as any other avid poker player would have. Unfortunately, however, he jaw couldn't quite cope with all the excitement and popped out of place.

A split second later, the woman was no longer laughing. Instead, she was in severe pain. Apparently, dislocated jaws can do that to a person.

She needed urgent medical help

Not knowing what to do to help her, the woman's husband, Jiao Chiu, confessed to the train conductor everything that had happened. Authorities were also informed of the incident, and so, at the next train stop, the woman found a team of paramedics waiting to put her jaw back in place.

Despite their best efforts, however, the jaw refused to budge. The woman and her husband had to forget about their little trip and visit the nearest hospital instead, Mirror reports.

Here, medical experts managed to convince the woman's dislocated jaw to return to its rightful place. Although a diabetic, the woman didn't suffer any health complications and was allowed to return home to her family. One can only hope she'll learn to contain her excitement in the future.

The woman needed urgent medical care
The woman needed urgent medical care

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