Premature baby choking

Premature babies are becoming more and more common in our lives. This is due to the increased life pressure of modern people and changes in the external environment. Compared with normally born babies, premature babies are weaker, and many of their organs have not yet started to function, making them unable to grow independently. Feeding premature babies is very difficult and they often choke on milk. Let’s take a look at what to do if a premature baby chokes on milk?

Some new mothers have enough milk, and the milk will gurgle out when the newborn baby sucks gently. It is naturally a good thing that the baby is full of milk, but you must always pay attention to the child's reaction when feeding, especially newborns, who have poor reaction ability to things. When they should have had enough and want to spit out the nipple, they often cannot do so. At this time, the new mother has to pull out the nipple herself. If it is not pulled out in time, the child does not want to swallow the milk, and the milk keeps flowing into the mouth, which may cause the child to choke on the milk.

What to do if a newborn chokes on milk

When a baby spit up milk, the epiglottis piston cover fails to move and fails to cover the tracheal opening tightly, causing milk to accidentally enter the trachea, which is called "choking on milk". Also, because the baby's nervous system is not fully developed and some reflexes are still weak, they cannot independently cough out the milk that has choked into the respiratory tract, which is very likely to cause mechanical obstruction of the airway and induce severe breathing difficulties, which is called "choking on milk".

Choking on milk may cause suffocation. After suffocation, the baby may have cyanosis of the face, twitching all over the body, irregular breathing, and spit out milk or foam, blood, black water, etc. The baby's brain cells are very sensitive and require a lot of oxygen. If rescue is not timely, the child's life may be in danger.

The reason why premature babies choke on milk is that the amount of milk is too large for the baby to swallow in time. Breastfed babies need to pay attention to their posture, and formula-fed babies need to make the hole of the bottle well. If the hole is too small, the baby cannot suck, and if the hole is too big, the baby will choke and cough. In short, taking care of a baby requires patience, care and attentiveness. Only by learning the correct way to take care of a baby can you avoid constant trouble.