What to do if your child swallows a coin

Children are very naughty and cannot distinguish some foods clearly. They may swallow something by mistake. The most common situation is swallowing coins. This situation is very critical and it can be regarded as a sudden situation. You must go to the hospital for appropriate surgery to relieve it. You cannot waste time. After all, this situation may cause the baby to suffocate, which will directly endanger the baby's life.

Generally, there are three emergencies when babies accidentally swallow coins. The first is that the coin gets stuck in the airway, in which case the baby can easily suffocate. The second is that a small coin enters the esophagus. In this case, there is a very practical way to easily take out the coin. The third is that a large coin enters the esophagus, which is relatively tricky.

The specific solutions are as follows:

The first one: a coin is stuck in the airway. First: Once you find that your baby has accidentally swallowed a coin, immediately pay attention to whether the baby has obvious signs of breath holding, difficulty breathing, or purple lips. If so, it is the worst case scenario, the coin has entered the airway and got stuck there. This situation can be very dangerous and the baby may suffocate at any time. In this situation, as long as there are people around you, you should call 120 immediately to call a taxi. Then grab the baby's feet, lift the baby upside down with head down, and pat the baby's back chest hard. Generally, hard objects enter the airway. This method can cause the foreign body to be coughed out; the second method: a small coin enters the esophagus. If the baby does not look seriously hurt, is not in any pain, and has no difficulty breathing, then the coin has entered the esophagus. If it enters the esophagus, you must never induce vomiting in your baby! First, it is not certain that the baby can spit it out; second, the baby is small after all, and will cry when spitting. The crying and inhaling will instead suck some things into the airway and cause more serious damage. Then determine the value of the coin that the baby swallowed. For example, the new version of the 10-cent and 50-cent coins are relatively smaller, so the possibility of problems will be less, while the one-yuan and old version of the 10-cent coins are relatively larger, and are more likely to have another problem. Then take your baby to the hospital immediately. Better go to the emergency room. Take a picture first to confirm where the coin is.

If the coin is already in the stomach and it is a relatively small coin of about 50 cents or 10 cents, then you can go home and let your baby eat more leeks. Leeks are the best thing because they are full of fiber and can help expel the coin very well. Eat more bananas and other bowel-lubricating foods, as well as coarse foods such as corn, sweet potatoes, etc. Coarse foods can enhance the baby's gastrointestinal function and promote excretion.