Who is this happening?
Some foreign objects often swallow children. This may be coins, small toys, batteries. When this happens with adults, a person, or was drunk, or accidentally swallowed part of a denture, or he is not okay with the psyche.
How dangerous to swallow non-food items?
It's not as scary as it may seem. In most cases, foreign body travels peacefully through the digestive tract and out naturally. But it also happens that it is necessary to seek medical help.
What are the symptoms of swallowed objects?
- Difficulty swallowing;
- Salivation;
- Pain in the neck or chest;
- Cough, shortness of breath or noisy.
These symptoms usually occur when something gets stuck in the esophagus.
Sometimes, the symptoms are gone, but the foreign object at the same time and remained in the esophagus
What to do if a child swallowed something?
If you notice, or the child himself said that swallowed an object, you need to contact your pediatrician. No symptoms then do not matter. You just need to see a doctor for examination.
What if an adult has swallowed something?
All in the same way as a child. Should see a doctor.
Do I need to extract the swallowed object?
It depends on the properties of an object:
- What he really is - Some items may be very harmful. They need to be drained immediately. Such items include batteries, magnets, something sharp, long or made of lead. Lead - a toxic heavy metal.
- Where exactly is the object - If something is stuck in the esophagus, it is something you will have to extract now.
- If there were any suspicious symptoms.
- If the object for too long I stayed in and not going out.
If the object does not need to pull out right now, that will have some time to watch something why:
- It is necessary to check everything that comes from the gut. There can be swallowed object. This may take a few days.
- Does body temperature rose.
- Whether there is nausea or vomiting.
- Do abdominal pain appeared.
- Whether there was blood in the stool.
If something of this evident, we must turn again to the doctor.
