Symptoms of a 2-year-old baby getting a fish bone stuck in his throat

People cannot express their physical feelings when they are born. They will only gradually learn to speak through contact with society. Therefore, for two-year-old babies, although they have the ability to speak, they cannot express some of their physical symptoms clearly. Parents should also be careful when two-year-old babies eat fish, because they can easily get fish bones stuck in their throats. So what are the symptoms of fish bones stuck in the throat of two-year-old babies?

1. How to determine whether a fish bone is stuck in the esophagus

If a fish bone gets stuck in the esophagus, it may cause uncomfortable symptoms such as chest pain and heartburn, which can be discovered through barium swallow X-ray fluoroscopy. It is useless to look into the throat with a flashlight because the fishbone has been swallowed into the esophagus, not in the throat. If it is in the throat, it can be easily found, but if it is stuck in the esophagus, it will be troublesome.

2. Correct approach

If you experience chest pain and nausea after eating fish, it may be that a fish bone is stuck in the esophagus. You should go to the hospital for examination and ask the doctor for help. Barium radiography can determine the location of the fish bone in the esophagus. If it has not pierced the aorta, it can be removed through gastroscopy. Never treat it as if it is stuck in the throat, otherwise it will endanger your life.

3. Countermeasures for fish bones stuck in the throat

It is useless to drink vinegar if a fish bone is stuck in your throat. Not only will it fail to remove the fish bone, it will also damage the oral mucosa. You should never swallow rice balls or steamed buns. Although this may push the fish bone into the stomach, if this fails, the fish bone entering the esophagus is very dangerous.

The correct way is to use a spoon or toothbrush handle to press down the tongue, exposing the root of the tongue. Use a flashlight to carefully check where the fishbone is stuck, and use tweezers to remove it. If this cannot be done at home, you can go to the dentist and ask the doctor to help remove it. Having foreign objects in the throat is very dangerous and must be dealt with immediately. If you find pain in the sternum after swallowing, it means that the fish bone is in the esophagus and you should go to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

Here we need to remind everyone that after removing the fish bone, the feeling of discomfort will be difficult to eliminate all at once due to local irritation of the mucous membrane. At this time, you should drink warm water to relieve the symptoms. If the sting is still there, drinking water will be more uncomfortable and may even cause vomiting. If drinking water does not make your symptoms worse, then there is no irritation in your throat.