What to do if your child eats plasticine

Children love to play with toys in their lives, because toys are very useful for developing children's brain power. There are many toys in modern life, among which plasticine is a relatively traditional toy. Children like to use toys to make various beautiful objects. However, some children mistake plasticine for candy and eat it. So, what should we do if children eat plasticine?

Although the method of making plasticine is very different now than before, parents are still worried that their babies will accidentally eat plasticine while playing with it. Eating plasticine may pose a threat to the baby's health.

The first thing to do: observe the baby's condition. If the baby is choking, help the baby remove the foreign object.

Situations that require immediate hospitalization: Severe coughing due to suffocation caused by food blocking the trachea.

Emergency first aid: When the baby is unable to breathe due to choking, immediately lift the baby upside down and pat his back hard to help him vomit. Or hold your baby from behind with both hands and press hard on your abdomen. If you continue to cough, go to the hospital as soon as possible, even if you can barely breathe. If you try to vomit but it gets stuck in your trachea, it will make breathing more difficult.

Conditions to watch out for: Once the food enters the stomach, if the baby appears to be fine, there is no need to worry or force the baby to spit it out.

Pay attention to the situation afterwards: pay attention to the stool condition for 2 to 3 days and check whether foreign objects are discharged. Even if it is not excreted with the stool, there is no need to worry if your mood and appetite gradually return. After accidental ingestion, the baby's appetite becomes worse and worse, and he is in a bad mood and cries often. It may be because something is stuck somewhere, and he needs to go to the hospital for treatment.

Generally speaking, plasticine of qualified quality is not toxic in itself. Babies generally don't have any abnormal reactions after eating plasticine, because plasticine is generally non-toxic. However, because it contains added ingredients such as dyes and flavors, if the baby doesn't eat much, it will be excreted from the body with the feces. If the baby eats too much, it is not good for the body and may have symptoms such as nausea or loss of appetite. But if the baby only eats a little, it will generally be fine and there is no need to worry.