What should I do if my baby eats sand while playing with it?

Babies are angels of their parents, but little angels are very naughty, especially baby boys. As babies grow older, they will gradually become curious about the world. And the way they explore the world is through their mouths. No matter what it is, they want to taste it with their mouths. This behavior is very dangerous. If parents are not careful, babies will eat randomly. What should I do if my baby eats sand while playing with it?

If the baby accidentally eats sand, first of all, the mother should not worry or be anxious. First rinse your baby's mouth with clean water to clean the sand in his mouth. Then observe whether the baby is still uncomfortable. If so, let the baby eat something soft, the softer the better, such as porridge and warm water. This will allow the sand in the esophagus to enter the stomach along with the food. Generally, the sand is some smaller stones, and the chemical properties of these sands are not active. The gastric acid produced in the human body will not react chemically with the stones, so there will be no uncomfortable phenomena such as bloating, and it will only be discharged from the body along with the baby's feces.

It is recommended that the baby's mother do not go to the hospital for gastrointestinal cleansing surgery, because the surgery itself is not good. The baby is still so young, and the organs in the body are still very fragile, and the stomach can be easily damaged. Moreover, gastric cleansing surgery is very painful for the baby. How can he be left with such a big psychological trauma when he is so young?

If the mother is worried about whether sand will enter the trachea, first check whether the baby has a cough. Normally, the baby will cough out the sand. If the baby does not cough out the sand and keeps saying that he is uncomfortable, it is recommended to take the baby to the hospital for examination. However, the chance of this happening is generally very small. Experts believe that after a foreign body occurs in the trachea, in principle it should be removed as soon as possible after a clear diagnosis is made, because if the foreign body is not removed, suffocation may occur at any time, threatening life. Regardless of how long the foreign body remains in the body, it should be removed surgically immediately unless serious systemic complications occur. Regardless of how long the foreign body is present, it should be removed surgically immediately if the patient suffers obstructive breathing difficulties. If there are symptoms such as high fever, dehydration, subcutaneous emphysema in the mediastinum and neck, pneumothorax, etc., but no obstructive dyspnea, active measures should be taken to improve the general condition, and surgery should be performed to remove the tumor after it improves.