My 4-year-old daughter was stuck in the throat by a fish bone. I used "two decisive measures" to save the baby. The doctor praised me for doing the right thing.

Hello everyone, I am Cuckoo’s mother~

I believe many people have heard of the saying: eating more fish can make children smarter.

I read in parenting books that not every fish will make people smarter. It’s a certain type of fish in the deep sea that contains omega-3, which can promote children’s brain development.

However, even if fish in freshwater areas do not make people "smart", it does not affect parents' love to cook fish for their children. Because fish is rich in protein and nutritious, it is of great benefit to children's physical development.

In the process of eating fish, we have to face one thing: picking fish bones.

There are many and sharp spines in fish. If you are not careful, you may get stuck in your throat. It is inevitable for us adults to "fall into trouble" sometimes, let alone children who don't know how to find fault.

If a fish bone gets stuck in the throat, how should we deal with it correctly?

While visiting the vegetable market, 4-year-old Bu Niu said she wanted to eat fish. I thought it had been a long time since I cooked fish for her, so I bought one. In order to avoid having fish bones stuck in my throat, I also deliberately chose grass carp with relatively more meat instead of crucian carp with many spines.

While Bu Niu was eating, I kept picking at her. But unexpectedly, Bu Niu suddenly spat out the food in her mouth while eating, and looked like she wanted to cough but couldn't.

Looking at her painful look, I knew something was wrong, she had eaten a fish bone!

Seeing this, the old man on the side quickly said: "Feed her a big mouthful of rice balls, and then drink some vinegar."

But this proposal was rejected by Bao's dad and I. I asked Bao's dad to turn on the phone light, and I opened Bu Niu's mouth and looked inside. I saw a small fish bone stuck at the base of her tongue.

After discovering the location of the fish bone, I immediately found tweezers and tried to pick out the fish bone. But as soon as the tweezers were inserted into Bu Niu's mouth, she started crying and refused to cooperate.

We had no choice but to take her to the nearest hospital. On the way, I kept patting Bunniu's back and asked her to cough hard.

Later, after the doctor's treatment, the fish bone was successfully removed in just a few minutes. The doctor warned us that children must not be careless when eating things with thorns and cores. Otherwise, their lives may be easily injured.

We thanked him repeatedly and told him what we had done after the child got stuck by a fishbone. After hearing this, the doctor nodded repeatedly and praised us: "You two did the right thing decisively. At the critical moment, you saved the child's life."

The doctor said that our two "decisive decisions" are:

First: decisively adopt the correct method to deal with it.

After discovering that the child had a fish bone stuck in his throat, my father and I did not adopt methods such as "swallowing rice balls" or "drinking vinegar". Instead, check the location of the fish bone and handle it with tweezers.

Second: After the treatment was unsuccessful, he was sent to the hospital immediately without delay.

If we can't figure it out, we may become "busier and more chaotic". When a child cries or swallows, the thorn may sink deeper or slip into the respiratory tract.

That’s when things get trickier. Seeking medical treatment is the easiest and safest way.

Unexpectedly, a small fish bone can become a "stumbling block" on the road to raising a baby. But Bu Niu was fine, so we were relieved.

When I was a child, a fish bone stuck in my throat. Adults also taught me to swallow rice balls and swallow the fish bones together. It felt like it worked well at the time, but now that I think about it, I was actually really lucky that it was fine.

Why are methods such as "swallowing rice balls" and "jealousy" undesirable?

① Swallowing rice

I saw something like this on the Internet:

Grandma Liang from Maoming didn’t take it seriously after she got stuck in a fishbone. I swallowed a few mouthfuls of rice balls and passed. But since she was stuck, she has had sternum pain that has gotten worse.

After going to the hospital for examination, we found out that the fish bones did not land into the stomach with the rice balls, but penetrated the esophageal wall and the medial wall of the thoracic aorta, penetrating deep into the aortic cavity, and the aorta may rupture at any time. possible!

This kind of cooking with rice balls is really dangerous!

We think that after the fish bone is stuck, as long as the rice ball is swallowed, it will look like this:

But in fact, it will look like this:

Even this :

Being stuck deeply is just luck. If the fish bone cuts the esophagus or is taken to a place it shouldn't go, it will really become a "big event". Not only do we have to bear higher costs, we also have to bear greater risks.

Therefore, we should not rush to swallow rice balls after being stuck in the throat by fish bones. If you swallow it, you are lucky. If you cannot swallow it, you will have to pay double the price.

②Drink vinegar

Another common method is to "drink vinegar". It is believed that vinegar is acidic and can soften fish bones.

But doctors say: Vinegar is not effective against fish bones stuck in the throat.

This is because after we swallow vinegar, the base of the tongue or esophagus does not act like a bowl to store the vinegar and soak the fish bones in it. But after we drink the vinegar, it immediately flows into the stomach, and the time it comes in contact with the fish bones is very short, which is not enough to soften them.

And drinking a lot of vinegar, if the concentration is too high, may damage the esophagus and stomach, which is not worth the gain.

So if we encounter the phenomenon of fish bones stuck in the throat, how should we deal with it correctly?

If in life, you encounter the phenomenon of a fish bone stuck in the throat, Cuckoo’s mother recommends that you do this:

Stop eating

Once a fish bone is found stuck in the throat , don’t let the child eat or drink anymore. Because the thrust of swallowing the object will easily sink the fish bone deeper.

Soothe the child's emotions

When a child swallows a fish bone, he will feel very uncomfortable and want to clean up the foreign body quickly. At this time, unlike us adults, he will remain calm, but may become irritable and cry.

When he cries, not only will we panic, but it may also cause the fish bones to get stuck deeper.

Therefore, what we have to do at this time is to calm the child's emotions and keep him calm. Tell him that his parents will find a way, don't worry.

Only when the child's mood is stable can we proceed to the next step.

Determining the location of fish bones

Parents ask their children to open their mouths and shine a light on them to determine the location and depth of fish bones. If it is relatively shallow and you can pick it out by yourself, then try using tweezers.

Coughing

If your baby refuses to cooperate with tweezers, try asking him to cough hard. The airflow of coughing is from the inside out. If the fish bones are not stuck deeply, they may be brought out by this airflow.

Seek medical attention promptly

If you can’t see the fish bone, or the location is relatively deep, then go to the hospital quickly and see an ENT department.

Cuckoo’s mother almost failed the “stomatology” department, but later she heard from the nurse sister that she wanted to choose the “otolaryngology” department.

If there is a baby at home who loves to eat fish, we must pay more attention and never let the baby get stuck by fish bones. Once you accidentally get stuck, you must use the correct method to deal with it.

If parents cannot handle it, seek medical treatment promptly without delay.

That’s all Cuckoo’s mom talked about about fish bones stuck in the throat. Do you have similar experiences? Share it together~

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