What to do if a child chokes on drinking water?

Babies often choke when eating or drinking, which makes some young parents very nervous and they don’t know how to deal with it. Seeing the baby in pain, parents are also very distressed. If not handled properly, it will threaten the baby’s health and even cause breathing difficulties in severe cases. So what should children do if they choke when drinking water?

First, what should we do if a child chokes while drinking water? If the child chokes while drinking water or porridge. The adult sits down and places the baby on his or her lap in a more comfortable position. Then, the adult can use the palm of his hand to gently touch or pat the baby's chest and esophagus from bottom to top. Use the external force of the adult's palm to help the baby relieve the discomfort of choking.

Second, if the baby is eating solid food, he may choke. Turn the infant over and support him/herself, then have the adult tap the infant's back with the palm of your hand with a little force to dislodge the food stuck in his/her mouth. After such patting, the child's chest will feel uncomfortable, causing coughing, and the food will be vomited out through coughing.

Third, adults can lay the infant flat on the bed, keep the child quiet and not cry, and the adult can put his or her mouth close to the infant's mouth and nose and breathe in forcefully towards himself or herself. Through the force of adults' inhalation, the things that infants and young children choke on can be sucked out little by little.

Fourth, be careful when feeding and do not put too large slices of food into the infant's mouth. Instead, use a small spoon to scrape the food into small pieces and feed it to the infant little by little. For example, it is not right to cut apples into small pieces because infants and young children will suck them directly into their throats. When feeding babies and young children, they look particularly cute, and parents or people around them can't help but pinch the baby's little face or make him smile. This is absolutely not allowed. It is very dangerous if an infant chokes when he or she smiles.

What should you do if your child chokes while drinking water? Infants and young children often cough and choke when drinking milk or eating. So take some time to take the infant to a maternal and child hospital to check whether the infant's lungs are inflamed and causing the cough, which in turn leads to choking.

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