Xinjiang Net News (Reporter Wu Zhijie, correspondent Wang Xiaoying) Recently, Beijing Children's Hospital Xinjiang Hospital took out an 8-month-old baby a metal ring that was swallowed by mistake. Experts suggest that when the Spring Festival is coming, parents need to take good care of their children to avoid their children swallowing foreign bodies.
In the early morning of January 31, two parents brought an 8-month-old baby to the emergency department of Xinjiang Hospital of Beijing Children's Hospital8cm metal ring. Parents took their children to many hospitals and finally came here for help.
X-rays in the emergency department found that the metal ring was stuck in the lower part of the baby's esophagus, and the two ends of the metal ring were sharp, which had a high risk of puncturing the esophageal mucosa and causing esophageal perforation, and there was a risk of massive bleeding if the peripheral blood vessels were punctured. Through the joint efforts of the professional team of the hospital's gastroenterology department, this dangerous metal ring was successfully removed.
The picture shows a metal ring swallowed by a baby.
Wang Xiaoying, deputy chief physician of the Department of Gastroenterology of Xinjiang Hospital of Beijing Children's Hospital, reminded that every year, the department will receive some children who swallow foreign bodies by mistake, and the most foreign bodies taken out are coins, jujube cores, button batteries, magnetic beads, various jewelry of mothers, children's toy parts, and sometimes fish bones and chicken bones that are accidentally swallowed. On the occasion of the Spring Festival, parents should also take good care of infants and young children to prevent them from swallowing foreign objects.
According to reports, most foreign bodies can be excreted normally through the digestive tract, but larger foreign bodies, multiple magnetic foreign bodies, sharp foreign bodies, and corrosive foreign bodies can not be discharged from the body, and may even cause complications such as corrosion, damage, and perforation of mucous membranes, so parents must fulfill their obligations to take care of their children, keep children away from these dangerous items, and do not buy small toys that are easy to disassemble for infants and young children.
Wang Xiaoying, deputy chief physician of the Department of Gastroenterology of Xinjiang Hospital of Beijing Children's Hospital, reminded parents to pay attention to the size and material of the foreign body swallowed, as well as whether it is sharp and corrosive. If there is nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, drooling, sore throat, crying, etc., the foreign body is likely to be stuck in the esophagus, and you should go to the hospital in time.
Do not try to expel the foreign body by drinking or eating, because if the foreign body is sharp, it may scratch the esophagus, intestines, or even cause the foreign body to get stuck in the intestine and cause intestinal obstruction. Don't blindly induce vomiting in your child, as incorrect methods may cause aspiration or choking.