Symptoms of baby choking on trachea when drinking medicine

Babies' immunity is relatively weaker than that of adults, so they are often infected by viruses and bacteria, which leads to illness. When the baby is sick, you need to give him medicine, because only for the baby can he get better quickly. However, when parents give their children medicine, babies usually refuse and cry. Sometimes the baby may choke on the medicine. Let’s take a look at the symptoms when a baby chokes on the medicine.

1 What are the symptoms of a baby choking on the trachea?

If a foreign object enters the baby's trachea, the baby will have obvious choking and coughing due to protective reflex. If the foreign object is not expelled from the body, the baby will have an irritating dry cough, become irritable and cry, have difficulty breathing, have a flushed face and ears, and have symptoms such as shortness of breath and difficulty breathing. Foreign objects may also cause local infection, inflammation, fever, etc.

2How to accurately determine whether it has entered the trachea

Parents can observe the child's reaction. If there is no persistent choking and coughing, the baby's symptoms will improve after a while, with rosy complexion, smooth breathing, good spirits and appetite, indicating that the condition has stabilized and has not entered the airway.

Tracheal foreign bodies are life-threatening emergencies and must be diagnosed promptly and removed as soon as possible. Go to the hospital in time and ask the doctor to perform necessary auscultation. Abnormal respiratory sounds, such as wheezing, can be used for diagnosis. X-rays can also be taken to help with diagnosis.

3 What to do if your baby chokes on his trachea

1. Patting on the back method: Let the baby lie on the parent's knees, head down, support his chest, and pat his back 4 times to make the child cough out the foreign body. You can also hold the child upside down and pat his back. 2. Induce vomiting: Put your fingers into the mouth and stimulate the root of the tongue to induce vomiting. This is suitable for tracheal foreign bodies closer to the throat. Use gauze to promptly clear the baby's oral and nasal secretions to keep the airway open. 3. Stomach squeezing method: For older babies, the abdomen can be squeezed quickly to expel foreign objects. Hold the child's waist, press the upper abdomen with the index, middle and ring fingers of both hands, squeeze hard upward and backward, relax, repeat in a rhythmic manner to form an impact airflow to flush out the foreign body. 4. Send to hospital promptly: If the above methods do not work, you should rush to the hospital's ENT department as soon as possible to remove the foreign body under laryngoscope or tracheoscope. Do not delay. If the child stops breathing, perform mouth-to-mouth artificial respiration immediately.

4. Notes

Foreign objects in the trachea of ​​young children are very dangerous. In severe cases, they can cause suffocation and death. Therefore, prevention is most important: 1. Educate children not to put things they pick up into their mouths at will to avoid accidental inhalation into the trachea. 2. Do not let your child cry, laugh, fight or talk while eating to prevent food from choking into the trachea. 3. If there are toddlers at home, adults must be careful not to place coins, melon seeds, and peanuts where the children can reach. 4. The posture for feeding milk and water should be correct. Never lie flat on the baby. Hold the baby up and tilt him at 45 degrees. The feeding speed should be slowed down and the nipple size should not be too large. Never feed the baby when he is too hungry or crying to prevent choking.