What to do if your baby swallows a red date pit

When babies are young, they are very curious and want to explore everything. They may accidentally swallow things that are indigestible or difficult to digest. Red dates are sweet, soft and sticky food, and babies also like to eat them. However, there is a red date pit in the red date, and the baby is likely to swallow it with the red date pit. So what should you do if your baby accidentally swallows a red date pit? Come and find out.

If a child accidentally swallows a red date pit, it will not have any consequences unless he or she experiences any discomfort. The swallowed red date pits will be excreted from the body along with the feces. Give your child some sweet potatoes and let him drink more warm water, which can promote bowel movements.

Children are relatively young, so generally hard-shelled foods should not be allowed to eat by themselves. You need to be supervised by an adult while eating. Don't tease your child while he's eating, as that can cause food to go into his trachea and cause an accident.

Pay more attention to your children's physical condition. If you experience other physical discomfort, you need to seek medical attention immediately.

If the foreign object is stuck in the esophagus, the baby will drool constantly and will not be able to swallow anything else; if the foreign object blocks the respiratory tract, the baby will cough, have rapid breathing, etc.

If the swallowed foreign object is sharp, the baby will cry because of the pain, and his mouth may bleed and be injured.

If a foreign object falls into the trachea, the most prominent symptom for the baby is severe irritating coughing. Because the trachea or bronchi are partially or completely blocked by the foreign object, shortness of breath and shortness of breath occur, and death from suffocation may occur within a short period of time.

If parents can discover as early as possible that their baby has swallowed a foreign object, emergency treatment must be taken immediately.

When a foreign object first enters the baby's mouth, parents can pinch the baby's cheek with one hand and reach into his mouth with the other hand to take the object out. If you find that the baby has swallowed something, you can stimulate his pharynx to make him vomit and spit out what he has swallowed.

If the baby rolls his eyes, the "Heimlich" first aid maneuver can be performed, that is, the parents stand behind the child, take a lunge stance, put one foot between the child's feet, put one fist above his belly button, and wrap the other hand with a towel around the fist and press hard until the foreign body is expelled.

For younger babies, parents can immediately lift their legs upside down, with their heads hanging down, and pat their backs gently. In this way, the foreign object can be forced to be coughed out through its own gravity and the impact of the gas in the chest cavity during choking.