Nghe An: Successfully removed foreign object from airway of 26-month-old boy
(Baonghean.vn) - A 26-month-old boy accidentally swallowed a plastic whistle toy and became cyanotic, had difficulty breathing, and was in critical condition.
On the evening of March 26, Nghe An Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital admitted patient Ho Nghia Anh Binh from Quynh Bang commune (Quynh Luu, Nghe An) with fatigue, cyanosis, difficulty breathing, whistling sound when breathing and was diagnosed by the ENT doctor with a foreign body stuck in the airway.
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| The whistle after being removed from Anh Binh's airway. Photo provided by the hospital |
The surgical team, Dr. Dinh Xuan Huong, Head of the Ear - Nose - Throat Department, and Dr. Trinh Thanh Hung, the attending physician, said: “After consultation, the surgical team decided to use intravenous anesthesia and bronchoscopy to remove the foreign object. After removing the foreign object from the airway, Anh Binh gradually recovered and is being actively monitored.”
After removing the foreign object, the baby's respiratory function was quickly restored. Anh Binh was awake, able to eat porridge and drink milk.
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| Medical staff examine Anh Binh's health after removing the foreign object. Photo: Thuy Hien |
Faced with the increasing and life-threatening situation of foreign body choking in children, Dr. Dinh Xuan Huong warns: Foreign bodies in the airways and food tracts are very common in young children, accounting for 90% of children under 4 years old. The fault is not with the children but with careless parents. Parents should be wary of small toys such as coins, marbles, round watch batteries, pens or pen caps, small rubber toy wheels, beads, buttons, plastic bottle caps, etc. These are mouth-sized objects that children often suck on and can easily cause choking.
Principles parents need to avoid to prevent children from choking or getting stuck with foreign objects: - Do not let children play with toys that are small enough for them to suck and swallow; do not leave coins, toy fragments, or small, round objects in places that are easy to see and reach; remove batteries from toys… And most importantly, keep children within the sight of parents and guardians. - If a foreign object falls into the larynx, it will make the child hoarse and cough. Falling into the trachea will cause difficulty breathing because the foreign object moves in the trachea. If a foreign object falls into the bronchus, it will cause difficulty breathing like bronchitis or pneumonia. This condition is very easy to misdiagnose. Therefore, parents must let the doctor know what the child has swallowed before the above symptoms appear. In some cases, the foreign object is too large, causing suffocation and immediate death. - First aid for children with foreign objects stuck in their throat at home is necessary in some cases, but only when the child is choking or has a mild choking problem. In these cases, just pat the child's back or press on the chest to make the child vomit or spit out the foreign object. - In cases where a child swallows a foreign object that causes respiratory arrest or cyanosis, first aid is needed by tilting the child's head to the ground and using your hand to pat the back hard to get the foreign object past the glottis to help the child breathe easier, then take him to a specialized hospital for a specialist to remove it. Absolutely do not use your hand or any object to remove the foreign object, because doing so will accidentally push the foreign object deeper inside, not to mention scratching the throat, causing bleeding, making it more difficult for the child to breathe./. |
Thuy Hien
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