Symptoms of a baby's throat burn

Every part of the human body is susceptible to burns, and babies’ bodies are inherently fragile, so burns are generally much more serious than those of adults. The main reason for throat burns in babies is that parents do not pay attention to the temperature of food when feeding their babies. Moreover, the throat is located inside the human body, and parents often fail to notice a throat burn at the first time. At this time, it is necessary to understand the relevant symptoms of the baby's throat burn.

Symptoms of a baby's throat burn

1. Children are impatient. When they feel thirsty after playing outside, they go home and drink boiling water, or take the kettle of freshly brewed tea and suck hard; when they eat, they suddenly drink soup with hot oil floating on the surface but no steam escaping; they eat glutinous rice balls too quickly and the dumplings stick to their throats, etc. These conditions are common in preschool children.

2. Children are young and have difficulty identifying the medicine liquid. If there are highly concentrated corrosive liquids such as concentrated acid, strong alkali, alcohol, and chlorine solution at home, they are often ingested by children by mistake, or the solution vapor is inhaled in large quantities while playing, which can cause throat burns. These are common in children aged 2 to 4 years.

3. After a child's throat is scalded, local edema will quickly occur, reaching a peak within 4-8 hours, accompanied by difficulty breathing, wheezing, hoarse crying, and in severe cases, it may cause fever, and even edema may spread throughout the throat and block the airway, leading to suffocation and death.

Note:

If throat burns occur, mild cases can be treated at home. First, do not give children hard, hot food, but soft, cool food, pay attention to rest, and avoid crying; second, you can use 10 grams each of Chinese medicine isatis indigotica, schizonepeta, mint, coptis chinensis, platycodon, and licorice, decoct in water, and let children swallow frequently. People with severe throat edema that has obviously affected their breathing, or those who have accidentally ingested toxic liquids and suffered poisoning reactions should be sent to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment immediately.

What to do if your child accidentally burns his throat

Throat burns are very painful. Not only are they extremely painful, they also cause difficulty in eating and are not easy to recover quickly. After a throat burn, you will immediately feel severe pain in your tongue and throat, and local redness, swelling, and even small blisters will appear. At this time, you should drink some cold boiled water to lower the temperature in your throat and remove food residues remaining in your mouth and throat to avoid burns and wounds that may cause infection. Secondly, bismuth subcarbonate powder can also effectively protect burn wounds in the mouth. Small blisters that appear must not be pricked by yourself. Smaller blisters will slowly be absorbed after two days, while larger ones need to be treated in the hospital, pricked with a sterilized needle, and coated with disinfectant to prevent infection. During the burn period, try to eat some liquid, soft food, such as porridge, bread, etc., and eat it even if it hurts when swallowing. Only by ensuring adequate nutrition can the wound heal faster.

Minor burns generally do not pose much danger to children. The cause of death after burns is generally because food residues blocked the respiratory tract and caused suffocation due to improper handling after the burn. Secondly, severe burns may cause extensive edema in the throat, resulting in breathing difficulties and possibly death. Generally, when encountering this kind of situation, severe throat burns, parents should first clean the food residue in the child's mouth and observe whether the child has difficulty breathing. If so, the child should be sent to the hospital immediately. If necessary, the trachea should be cut open to ensure smooth breathing, and then the throat burn should be treated.

Throat burns can be a serious matter or a minor one, especially for young children. Throat burns may cause damage to the trachea, vocal cords, etc., affecting their future life. Therefore, parents must pay more attention to them in their daily lives and educate their children about the dangers they may encounter in life, as well as how to deal with them in a timely manner, so as to ensure the life and health of their children and fulfill the responsibilities that a parent should fulfill, so as to lay a solid foundation for their children's bright future.