Coin stuck in 5 year old girl's esophagus
The child was taken to the hospital with difficulty breathing, chest pain and coughing up fresh blood.
Confessing the illness to the doctors, the family suspected that the child had swallowed a foreign object because the 5-year-old patient had previously held a coin.play. Doctors took X-rays and recorded theA coin about 3 cm in diameter is lodged in the esophagus.
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Coin stuck in esophagus.Photo taken with endoscope camera |
After more than half an hour of emergency treatment, doctors used endoscopy to remove the foreign object. Doctors at the Endoscopy Center of Xuyen A Hospital said that coins are one of the objects that children often swallow. Therefore, parents absolutely do not let their children play with this type of object.
In case a child swallows a coin, the best way is to take the victim to the hospital or give them a strong slap on the back."Do not put your hand in the baby's mouth to remove the foreign object because this will cause the foreign object to go deeper or the baby will choke and cause the foreign object to go into the airway," a doctor advised.
