Most recently, the Central Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital has received a number of cases of dangerous living foreign objects in the airway. A typical case is the patient Song A L., 3 years old (Phu Yen, Son La ).
According to the patient's family, about 2 weeks before being admitted to the hospital, the child bathed in a stream with his brother. A few days later, the child had intermittent coughing fits, spitting up fresh blood, occasionally hoarseness with wheezing and a feeling as if something was crawling in his throat. The family took the child to a local medical facility, where doctors suspected that the child had a foreign body in the trachea and transferred him to the Central Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital for further examination and treatment.
Dr. Nguyen Thi Hue, Department of Plastic Surgery, Central Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, the doctor directly treating the patient, said that the child was admitted to the hospital with a cough and wheezing, no difficulty breathing, no fever... After examination, the patient was determined to have a foreign object, a live leech, attached to the trachea.
Doctors performed anesthesia and performed a rigid endoscopy to remove the foreign object from the child. The foreign object removed was a live leech about 5cm long.
Currently, the patient no longer has previous symptoms, is in stable health condition and has been discharged from the hospital.
Dr. Hue added that the blood-sucking leech causes damage to the respiratory tract, stimulates respiratory secretions, causing many bacteria, respiratory infections, bronchitis, and pneumonia. If the leech moves deep into the lungs, it can cause collapsed lungs, recurrent pneumonia, etc. If it moves up to the nose, it can cause intermittent nosebleeds.
In another case, patient Trieu A C., 12 years old (Van Chan, Yen Bai ) was hospitalized with repeated coughing and expectoration of blood-tinged sputum. A month before, the patient also bathed and drank stream water. Doctors examined and diagnosed the patient with a leech and then performed a laryngoscopy to check and remove the foreign body.
MSc. Dr. Do Van Tam examines a child patient. Photo: Provided by the hospital |
MSc. Dr. Do Van Tam - Doctor directly treating the child patient said that if not detected and treated promptly, foreign objects in the airway can cause many dangerous complications, especially "living" foreign objects can grow large in size, causing airway obstruction. When leeches first enter the body through the mouth (oral route), they are usually small in size, but when parasitizing in the body for a short time, they will grow rapidly. The increasing size of leeches can cause airway obstruction, leading to suffocation and death.
MSc. Dr. Do Van Tam recommends that parents avoid letting their children bathe in streams, ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams, and especially not drink water from streams or streams that has not been boiled. If children go swimming, they should go to a pool with treated water and be supervised by an adult. When there are signs such as nosebleeds, hoarse crying, hoarse speech, wheezing, difficulty breathing, feeling like something is crawling in the nose, throat, etc., they should immediately go to a reputable medical facility for examination and timely treatment to avoid unfortunate complications later.
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