The one who watched the child for a few days1-3 years, knows how difficult it is sometimes to prevent some dangerous situations. For example, when a child decided to taste the detergent or found a sharp object and tries to shove it in the nose, knowing the world. At this age, kids are very inquisitive, and not always the instinct of self-preservation is on the alert. More often another instinct works - the researcher, because the kid wants to know everything at once! But how to keep children from eating what they don’t need. For example, if a child swallows a bone from a plum, how dangerous is it? Do I need to do something, or wait until she comes out? What are the complications of such a "food"?
Summer is a dangerous time for kids
Summer is a great time for children.They feel free from excess clothing, constant restrictions in home games. During this period, parents are trying to actively improve their child for the year ahead. To do this, they organize various trips to the nature, vitamin puree and just eating fruit. Here lies the danger of small children. Even the most attentive and loving parents can not always ensure that the child spits out the stones from the fruit in time. It may happen that a child accidentally swallowed a bone from a plum. In this case, do not panic, but you should not relax. After all, it is still a foreign object! Parents should know what will happen if she does not come out on her own and to whom in this situation to contact.
What is dangerous from plum bone?
The stone of this fruit has sharp edges and largesizes. This form is the main danger for kids. No one can predict how it will turn in the stomach or esophagus. If she is stuck there, it can damage the walls of the esophagus, which adversely affects the health of the child. Therefore, do not neglect timely medical care.
Features of the child's esophagus. When can not push the subject?
If a child swallows a plum bone, she"travels" through the organs of the gastrointestinal tract. But its first obstacle is the three physiological folds of the esophagus. This organ in all children and adults of individual size and diameter. For small ones, the narrowness of any of the bends may be observed. Sometimes in such cases, the bone becomes across and does not let in either liquid or food.
Is it dangerous to swallow a plum bone?The danger arises when it closes the respiratory neck (not being there, the bone squeezes it), while breathing becomes more complicated, it becomes impossible to push it with food or take a sip of liquid.
How to behave if a child swallows a bone from a plum?
The shape of this item causesthreats to the health of the baby. In such situations, parents are in a panic trying to help their child. After all, they are worried about what will happen if they do not immediately help the child.
In this case, it is important not to panic.Trying to push the object is also not necessary - you can only worsen the situation. Some parents try to induce vomiting, to feed the child, so that he quickly empty his intestines, drink more for the same purpose. If a boy or a little girl swallows a bone from a plum, what to do in this case? Parents should know this, and they should also be aware of what should not be done.
When swallowing pits from plum is prohibited:
- to feed or water the baby;
- forcing him to eat bread crust, as is done when swallowing a bone from fish;
- help the child vomit or laxatives. They can cause even more damage to the walls of the esophagus.
Symptoms that require immediate medical attention
If an adult or a child swallowed a bone from a plum, the symptoms that indicate an urgent appeal to a specialist are similar:
- the person is ill and he complains of nausea;
- there may be pain in the abdomen, which does not pass a long time, but only increases;
- if vomiting occurs more than 2–3 times, it is considered multiple, and this is a direct indication for medical intervention;
- when blood appears in the feces, you should also not delay a visit to the doctor, but warn you of possible complications.
First aid to a baby under 1 year old if he choked with such a bone
Unfortunately, young children are often on their own.cause harm. It is the same with the ingestion of foreign objects. If a child a year swallows a bone from a plum, there is a high probability that he will choke on it. In this case, you must immediately call an ambulance. But before her arrival, parents can help their baby themselves:
- lay the crumb on the forearm so that the face was pointing down;
- support the back and chin;
- with an edge of the palm to make several average force of blows between the shoulder blades; with such manipulations, the bone must come out if you have not had time to go far into the body;
- if it does not come out, you must turn the baby on your back, put it face down on your knees, then slowly push it with your fingers just below the baby’s chest.
How to help the child after a year by swallowing the stones from the plum?
If at the age of one year a little boy or girl swallowed a bone from a plum, what should parents do in the first minutes after finding this problem?
В этой ситуации применяется метод, который reminds pushing out of a stone from plum. Babies need to clasp their hands in the area between the navel and sternum. In this place, you need to press a little, then followed by sharp pushes up (up to five times), which, as it were, squeeze this small object.
Methods of diagnosis of a foreign body in the digestive tract
If a person swallows a bone from a plum, you needlisten to your feelings. An adult is easy to do. In addition, the risk of complications is reduced, because the esophagus and other organs of the gastrointestinal tract are relatively more pediatric.
In order to determine exactly where the bone is and whether it is there at all, modern diagnostic methods are used:
- It is important to inspect a specialist pharynx, larynx, assessmentclinical manifestations. He should see if the walls of the esophagus are complete. In case of damage, it is necessary to determine the depth of the scratch in order to further decide on the use of surgical intervention.
- X-ray of the esophagus if swallowedstones is performed in two projections: straight and sideways. This is important, since it may not be visible in one picture. After all, it may be turned edge or is unclear. Therefore, experts are always trying to be confident in their diagnosis.
- It is also performed in some cases.esophagoscopy. This is not a very popular procedure, some do not even know about its existence. But if a person has swallowed a bone from a plum or some other object, esophagoscopy will be a good diagnostic method or method to solve this problem. The procedure is that a rigid esophagoscope or fibroscope, which is softer, is inserted into the esophagus, and then you can inspect its inner surface. With this manipulation, you can not only detect where the bone is stuck, but also remove it. It is also possible to see if there are wounds on the walls of the esophagus. Esophagoscopy is used for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.
Removal methods
If it so happened that the child swallowedplum stone, parents need to be extremely attentive to his condition. At the first deterioration, which we have already considered, an urgent need to consult a doctor.
If the baby behaves normally, there is nodifficulty breathing, blood in the fecal masses, it is active and mobile, you need to carefully monitor the time of defecation and the number of derived fecal masses and examine them for the presence of swallowed object. When it appeared, it’s not worth worrying, because everything worked out fine. But if the bone does not appear the first day, the second, you still need to consult a doctor. Here the danger lies not only in the sharp corners of the stone. It is the plum bone under the influence of chemical reactions in the stomach that is capable of releasing a toxic substance - hydrocyanic acid. For the health of the child, it can also be dangerous.
Therefore, parents, be careful and watch what your baby does and what it eats! This will help avoid problems and health hazards.
