What to do if a child has a fish bone stuck in his throat

When a child has a fish bone stuck in the throat, parents will naturally be nervous. The more nervous they are, the more difficult it will be to solve the problem. It is recommended that parents stay calm. The correct way to do it is to let the baby open his mouth as wide as possible, use a flashlight to observe the throat, and the location of the fish bone. If it can be touched, it can be removed with tweezers. If you can't handle it yourself, take the baby to the hospital for treatment.

1. The correct way is to first let the baby open his mouth as wide as possible, then find a flashlight to illuminate the baby's throat, and observe the size and position of the fishbone. If the fishbone can be seen and is easily accessible, parents can use tweezers (preferably wiped clean with alcohol cotton) to directly pick it out. When clipping the fishbone out, parents need to cooperate with each other. One person holds the baby's head and illuminates it with a flashlight, while the other person is responsible for clipping out the fishbone.

2. If you cannot see any fish bone in the baby's throat, but the baby has difficulty and pain in swallowing, or if you can see the fish bone but it is located deep and difficult to remove, you must take the baby to the hospital as soon as possible and ask the doctor to treat it. Careful observation should be made within two or three days after the fish bone is removed. If the baby still has symptoms such as sore throat, abnormal eating or drooling, be sure to take the baby to the ENT department of a regular hospital for examination to see if there is any residual foreign body.

3. When choosing fish, you can choose more pomfret, striped fish and other fish, because these fish have more meat and fewer bones, and are more suitable for babies to eat.

4. In terms of the preparation method, first wash the processed fish, then take about 100 grams of meat from the belly of the fish, carefully check that there are no fish bones, then chop it into fish paste, then add a little salt and chopped green onions and stir evenly, then put the mixed fish paste into a porcelain or iron bowl and steam it.

5. It is best not to freeze the leftover fresh fish for your baby to eat next time, because it will no longer be fresh, and freezing it is not good for the child's stomach. In addition, when babies first start to add fish as complementary food, they generally eat less, so parents can also buy ready-made fish paste for their babies to eat, and then make it themselves when the baby gradually adapts and the appetite increases.