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Children because of their physiological and psychological characteristics

Curious about the world

They always love to explore new things with taste

Therefore, children are high -incidence groups of gastrointestinal foreign bodies

Among them, children 5 and below

The majority of patients with gastrointestinal foreign body

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Department of Gastroenterology, Hebei Provincial Children's Hospital

Has been treated so far

More than 40 cases of children with gastrointestinals

Doctor's reminder

After the child swallows a foreign body, you should fast immediately

Do not give children milk, rice vinegar, vegetable oil and other items

So as not to cause more serious consequences

5 -year -old child went to the hospital for accidental swallowing the battery

Recently, the 5 -year -old Tongtong (pseudonym) was admitted to the hospital for mistakes.

As a special foreign body, the buttons may cause digestive tract obstruction, electric burns and mechanical damage, etc. In a short period of time, it can also cause esophageal ulcers, perforation, bailive infections, etc., and even life -threatening. And Tongtong has swallowed the battery for 5.5 hours.

After admission, the doctor urgently perfected the preoperative examination for Tongtong, and contacted the anesthesiology department (operating room) and endoscopy. The foreign body was taken out smoothly, but it still caused the esophageal corrosion.

This is not an example

Similar cases occur repeatedly

Remind parents again

Be sure to tighten the "safety strings" at any time

Avoid the child's threat of swallowing foreign objects

These performances may be available after swallowing foreign bodies

The gastrointestinal foreign body refers to various objects that cannot be digested in the digestive tract and have not been discharged in time.

From the perspective of the gastrointestinal foreign body, the swallowing foreign body can be described as a variety of: coins, button batteries, magnets, rings, earrings, sake needles, and even nail knives.

Children's symptoms after accidents include irritability, crying, rejection, nausea, vomiting, saliva, difficulty swallowing, foreign body sensation, cough, asthma, difficulty breathing, saliva overflow, swallowing pain, neck and chest pain, and abdominal pain. Some children are young and cannot accurately say that they have swallowed foreign bodies, so when children have the above symptoms, parents should be alert to the possibility of swallowing foreign bodies by mistake.

Evaphysically, severe foreign objects can endanger life

The gastrointestinal foreign body will cause different hazards due to the characteristics of the foreign body itself, including the erosion, ulcer, bleeding, perforation, and digestive tract obstruction, esophageal fistula, esophageal aortic fistula, etc. life threatening.

After discovering that children swallow foreign bodies, they should immediately allow the child to fast. Do not eat milk, rice vinegar, vegetable oil, etc., so as not to cause more serious consequences. To seek medical treatment in time, doctors will evaluate the foreign body and location swallowed, combined with the children's clinical manifestations, make emergency treatment or make rational suggestions.

Avoiding prevention of accidents is the key

Zhao Ruiqin, director of the Department of Gastroenterology, Hebei Provincial Children's Hospital, reminded the majority of their families that no matter when, they must take care of their children and prevent the occurrence of tragedies as much as possible. To prevent accidentally swallowing foreign objects, pay attention to the following points:

1. Pipeline dredging agent, air -conditioning cleaner, range hood cleaner and other strong acids and strong alkali liquids should be properly stored and placed where children cannot touch. Try to keep the original packaging bottle, do not pour in the beverage bottle or mineral water bottle, so as not to cause children to curious and cause mistakes.

2. When buying toys, any electronic product using a button battery must seal the battery tightly to prevent drops from accidental food.

3. Do not play with young toys and magnetic beads for young children. Putting earrings and rings in places where children are not easy to touch.

4. When taking care of the child, the parents' sight should not leave the child as much as possible.

5. Discover the children's unknown reasons, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, and go to the hospital for treatment immediately.

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