Curiosity is the innate nature of every child, they are curious about things in the outside world, but sometimes they can also bring danger to themselves. Some children will stuff all kinds of small balls, beans, small glass balls, etc. into their mouths, noses, and ears out of curiosity, which will seriously affect the children's physical health and personal safety.
Ms. Li's daughter, Tao Tao, suffered a lot.
Ms. Li (pseudonym) plucked the ears of her seven-year-old daughter Tao Tao (pseudonym) and found that there was a small thing in the child's ear that could not be taken out, so she immediately took the child to District No. 1 Hospital.
On the way, Ms. Li learned that this "little thing" was stuffed into the child out of curiosity three months ago. It's easy to stuff it in, but it's not so simple to take it out, and the child is afraid that his mother will be angry and hasn't told the truth.
Dr. Guo Yongkang of the Department of Otolaryngology found that the "little thing" in Taotao's ear was actually a soybean, and after it was successfully removed, it was found that the soybean had sprouted. Before Tao Tao and her mother left, Dr. Kwok repeatedly warned her not to put small things in her ears in the future.
Coincidentally, on the day of the incident, another child with a foreign body in the ear canal came to the emergency department, and this time a black bean was removed.
"Children are very active and curious, and they may learn the magical movements of adults and cartoons, and stuff small objects into their ears, which will cause foreign bodies in the external auditory canal if they can't be removed," says Dr. Kwok. ”
The external auditory canal of the human body is not a straight channel, but a curved one. Foreign body in the external auditory canal is a common disease of external auditory canal injury in clinical practice. Foreign bodies in the external auditory canal are more common in children.
There are three types of foreign bodies in the ear canal: non-biological, such as stones, small toys, etc.; Plants, such as legumes, seeds, etc.; Animals, such as flying insects, cockroaches, etc. Once the foreign body reaches the ear canal deep adjacent to the eardrum, it can cause uncomfortable symptoms such as pain and itching, and in severe cases, it can lead to otitis externa, hematoma of the external auditory canal, or perforation of the eardrum.
In this regard, Dr. Kwok reminds the general public that if a foreign body enters the child's ear canal, parents should not panic and do not use the ear spoon to dig hard, so as not to cause damage to the child's external ear canal and eardrum. Do not put some drugs into the ear, for example, beans may sprout after being swollen, and there is a possibility that the foreign body will get deeper and deeper close to the eardrum. Patients should go to the hospital immediately to remove the skin of the external auditory canal and eardrum during self-removal, or push the foreign body deeper and deeper, which will make it more difficult to remove the foreign body.
Similar incidents have occurred more recently.
Case 1. Recently, the boy swallowed the whole toothbrush and hid it for 2 days on the Weibo hot search list.
Recently, a 17-year-old patient was admitted to a hospital in Nanjing, and his parents said that he swallowed a whole toothbrush, about 20 centimeters, because of his agitation, and was sent to the hospital by his family after severe abdominal pain two days later, and if he couldn't take it out, he would have to go for surgery.
According to the doctor, the toothbrush is very long and hard, and it has been stuck in the intestine for 48 hours, and the situation is tricky. After much thought, the doctor made his own tool, the "mesh basket" to assist in the endoscope, and after about 1 hour, the toothbrush was completely removed.
Case 2. At the Huanghua People's Hospital in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, a parent rushed to the ultrasound department of the hospital with his child in his arms, saying that the child had vomiting for unknown reasons. After examination, the doctor found an unidentified object in a section of the child's intestine, which could not be drained down due to its large size, and there was intestinal obstruction.
In surgery, the doctor removes a "water spirit" from the child's intestine. This kind of "water spirit" is a kind of colorful round water droplets, which are particularly absorbent, and the water droplets are originally only the size of beans, and after being soaked in water, the volume will expand to several times or even dozens of times. Due to its shape, color, volume and close proximity of food, it may be mistaken for food by children, resulting in accidental swallowing or inhalation, which can be life-threatening.
Regarding the management of foreign bodies in the digestive tract in children.
Parents must pay attention.
Foreign bodies in the digestive tract of children are more common with blunt foreign bodies such as coins, metal button batteries, glass beads, etc., mainly because children like to put things in their mouths to play and accidentally swallow them. Corrosive foreign bodies such as button batteries can corrode the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, causing perforation, causing esophageal tracheal fistula, and in severe cases, death.
In daily life, parents should pay attention to taking care of their children, when children play with magnets, coins and other small objects, parents should accompany them, if the child swallows a foreign body and fails to cough it up on its own, it is necessary to seek medical attention immediately and deal with it in time.
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Editor: Li Yu.
Reviewer: Yang Xuejuan.
Reviewer: Liu Ping.
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