According to experts from the National Children's Hospital, choking on foreign objects in the airway is a common accident in young children. If not treated promptly, it can be life-threatening.
The youngest patient in the recent cluster of cases is a boy named NM K (17 months, Bac Ninh ). His father fed him roasted peanuts, then he choked and turned purple, lacked oxygen with very clear signs of invasion.
At that time, the baby was taken to the District Medical Center for first aid and was intubated and transferred to the National Children's Hospital on January 8.
Children choking on foreign objects are in great danger if not given timely emergency care (photo TL).
After performing the examination, the doctor from the Department of Respiratory Examination and Exploration - Respiratory Center, National Children's Hospital performed a bronchoscopy and discovered half of a peanut in the trachea, occupying almost the entire diameter of the airway.
It took more than an hour to break the peanut into small pieces and remove all the foreign objects (normally, foreign object removal usually only takes a few minutes).
Next, the case of a 21-month-old girl named NNMC ( Nam Dinh ) was given peanut candy by her mother while riding a motorbike. Afterwards, the child choked, coughed, had difficulty breathing, and turned purple.
The family took him to the district hospital for emergency care, where he was intubated and transferred to the National Children's Hospital.
In this case, the peanut was smaller, so the doctors quickly removed the foreign object. The child was then transferred to the Internal Medicine Intensive Care Unit and continued to be on a ventilator for 2 days. By January 11, the child's health was stable and gradually recovering.
In the case of patient NPM (21 months, Bac Giang), the child had a peanut foreign body stuck in his right main bronchus for more than a week, causing inflammation and tissue growth covering the foreign body, making it very difficult to access and remove the foreign body.
Therefore, currently, doctors at the Respiratory Center, National Children's Hospital are performing internal medicine treatment to resolve the inflammation and endoscopy to remove the foreign object after a few days.
Ms. HA, NPM's mother, shared: "That day, my child ate 3 or 4 peanuts in a row, then choked. The family was able to get a little bit out of his throat, so they thought it was gone. A few days later, he was still playing normally, but he ate less, coughed a lot, and had difficulty breathing every time he cried.
The next day, the baby had a high fever of 39, 40 degrees that did not go down. I took him to the clinic and then to the district hospital. The doctors also prescribed medicine and treated him, but it did not help, so I transferred him to the National Children's Hospital.
I feel so sorry for him, he is so young, and now he has to be hospitalized because of his parents' carelessness. I hope other parents will learn from this and pay more attention to their children."
According to doctors at the National Children's Hospital, if children are not careful and choke on peanuts, it will cause airway obstruction, endangering the child's life. Peanuts are an oilseed, in addition to causing airway obstruction and respiratory failure, they can also cause airway inflammation due to peanut oil.
“The three children we have received in the past few days all had difficulty breathing, cyanosis, pneumonia with widespread damage, and increased infection. Fortunately, the children received timely emergency care,” said Master. Doctor Phung Dang Viet, Head of the Department of Respiratory Examination and Exploration - Respiratory Center, National Children's Hospital.
Doctor Phung Dang Viet also advised that during the upcoming Lunar New Year, it is a tradition to eat sunflower seeds, soybeans, pumpkin seeds, etc. Parents should also keep them out of reach of children and closely supervise them when they eat to avoid unfortunate incidents.
Also, do not force your child to eat when he is crying or let him laugh and play while eating. In fact, many parents lose their composure when they realize that their child is choking on a foreign object in the airway, and lack knowledge of first aid, so they may try to put their hands or other objects into the child's mouth to remove the foreign object: this can cause the foreign object to go deeper, or cause scratches and injuries to the child's throat mucosa.
To prevent dangerous complications from choking on seeds, parents should take their children to the doctor if they see them coughing or wheezing for a long time. In case of coughing and choking, if you do not know how to give first aid, you must immediately take them to the nearest medical facility.
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