Small parts from toys, coins, pins, batteries, earrings... Not the whole list of things that children swallow. Even giperotvetstvennye parents can not keep track of a child every minute 24 hours a day
Kids having fun playing, experimenting, learning. But parents should watch for kids, because many everyday things that surround us - the objects of increased danger for kids. How to ensure the safety of the crumbs?
AND. about. Minister of health Ulyana Suprun on his page on Facebook shared the very latest information about the dangers of many small items for children, even experienced and attentive parents and the eye does not have time to blink, as the baby can swallow or inhale foreign items. And what to do in case of force majeure.
That children often swallow and what is dangerous: Ulyana Suprun / istockphoto.com
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During the year, the emergency department of surgery Okhmatdet handles about half a thousand children with complaints of swallowing foreign bodies. Every fourth child - requires immediate hospitalization in a hospital.
Once in the respiratory tract or the gastrointestinal tract, foreign objects can cause a serious threat to the health and life of the child. At risk children from 1 to 3 years - they usually eat something completely inedible. Cases of swallowing pins at the age of 1, 7, and 9 months.
Often this is due to the fact that parents leave the child unattended, or knowingly allow the play items that contain hazardous components.
An increase in the number of accidents also contribute to the free sale of substandard or prohibited for a certain age, children toys.
There are times when older brothers or sisters in the game "feed" smaller batteries, coins, glass beads for decoration.
That children often swallow and what is dangerous: Ulyana Suprun / istockphoto.com
That children swallow and what is dangerous:
1. Knopkoobraznye lithium batteries.
They are widely used as batteries in many household items and toys. Once in the digestive tract, the battery in a short time heated to a temperature of more than 100 degrees. Therefore, it implies the electrolyte, resulting in severe burns and ulceration of the mucous membranes.
2. Children's designers often contain many small high-power magnets.
In case of ingestion, organs (stomach, intestines) located between the magnets are exposed to high pressure - as a result of attraction of the magnets to each other. After that an abnormality occurs in the blood supply to the area, the wall or necrosis ileus. In this case, the child will need a complex operation.
3. Popular Today hydrogel beads
which are widely used for interior decoration for plants. When such beads fall into the stomach, they can significantly increase in volume and lead to intestinal obstruction. The same danger is all superpoglinayuchi objects that rapidly swell in water.
4. Bezoar.
This foreign bodies, which are formed at a constant ingestion of certain substances of natural or synthetic origin. Bezoars gradually accumulate in the stomach. Bezoar can be formed from several days to an indefinite period of time. They can become very large and fill the entire volume of the stomach. For a long time it may not cause any symptoms. With the increase in the size of bezoar in the stomach, there is pain and heaviness, loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, weight loss.
Large bezoars can cause severe complications, intestinal obstruction, ulceration, perforation, bleeding. To eliminate them - required surgery.
▪ Children are more often hair ball, arising from the so-called "Rapunzel Syndrome". He manifested his ejection, or, for example, my mother's hair and his constant swallowing. Over time, the hair accumulates in the stomach.
▪ may also be formed phytobezoars. They are formed as a result of consuming large amounts of persimmons and other plant foods that contain a lot of fiber.
▪ Piksobezoary caused by repeated ingestion of the chewing gum or clay.
That children often swallow and what is dangerous: Ulyana Suprun / istockphoto.com
Signs and symptoms of foreign bodies
Manifestations of foreign body ingestion in a child depends on its location.
Foreign body in the esophagus can cause salivation, chest pain, inability to swallow even liquids. In the stomach or intestine - usually asymptomatic.
By inhalation of a foreign body in the airways may shortness of breath, cough. Sometimes these children for a long time unsuccessfully treated for bronchitis.
How to protect the child from ingesting foreign objects
- Pay attention to age restrictions - do not let small children toys that are not intended for their age. Toys for older children may contain small parts.
- Do not leave small things in a child's access to the area. Keep the money in your wallet, the batteries in drawers and jewelry in caskets. All this is no less important than ever to clean up the house and hide from the children's medications.
- Do not use household items (TV remote, watch, electronic scales) for a game or diversion of children. Children sometimes unconsciously copying adults, not realizing the danger.
- If the children are very young, try not to buy a home is nothing that has small magnets. and do not purchase toys, for which small batteries are required.
- If children have a few, try to explain to a senior, what things really dangerous to kids. Have just hide things.
That children often swallow and what is dangerous: Ulyana Suprun / istockphoto.com
When should you seek medical advice immediately
If swallowed:
- battery of any size
- one or more magnets
- any foreign body that causes salivation, vomiting, inability to swallow their own
- Any foreign body which has a piercing, cutting or sharp structure
In any case, if you suspect that a child has swallowed a foreign body, it is necessary to consult with the family doctor to choose further tactics.
If the child does not complain about the state of health and can tell you that it is swallowed, and it's not the batteries, magnets or sharp objects - there is no need to seek medical help. But in any case it is necessary to consult a family doctor or pediatrician.
But if there is a cough, constant salivation, trouble swallowing, nausea, chest pain, abdominal pain, problems with in order to go to the bathroom, blood or secretions of a child is difficult to breathe - an urgent need to seek medical attention help.
Be careful when choosing toys for your child, carefully conceal dangerous items and store the taboo stuff in inaccessible places.
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