It is necessary to know that in the gastrointestinal tract an extraneous object can turn out, first of all, as a result of games. Perhaps, the kid found something that very interested him, and decided to try this novelty on the palate - you must know what it's made of. However, an experiment so innocent from the point of view of a baby can be very dangerous - and every adult should understand this, and therefore - keep an eye on his or her crumbs, especially if it is at that particular age limit when interest in the world outside a dangerous soil.
In fact, to say that the foreign body in the tract is impossible, because there is a high probability that it could become stuck in the esophagus. Moreover, this situation is much more dangerous than if foreign bodies into the gastrointestinal tract were completely painless and immediately started their way "on the way out." How to distinguish a situation in which a foreign body is stuck in the esophagus, from the situation when it moved further along the gastrointestinal tract? You can find out the first situation by the following symptoms:
- when the child swallows, he feels pain;
- pain can also arise as if behind a thorax;
- during swallowing, the child complains about a certain discomfort - it's hard for him to swallow saliva, and with food the situation is even worse - maybe he can not even do it;
- the child experiences constant nausea, it tears;
- If something is stuck in the esophagus - the child will be tormented by a cough.
Usually, if a child swallows an object and this does not cause him any dangerous reactions and symptoms, the parents are quietly (well, or not very quietly, depending on the state of the nervous system of the parents themselves) waiting until the foreign body leaves the child's body natural way - that is, during defecation. However, there are a number of cases where you need to seek medical care the same hour you saw (or the baby reported on your own) that the child has swallowed a foreign body - it directly depends on the kind of swallowed object. So, the following foreign bodies are potentially dangerous for children's health, therefore at ingestion they can not be postponed - it is necessary to take to the hospital:
- these are sharp objects, such as a needle or a pin, a push pin or clip, a fish hook or toothpick - and similar bodies;
- these are items, the length of which varies from 3 centimeters or more;
- these are batteries, regardless of the type and type;
- it's magnets, if the child swallowed two immediately, or even more.
As we have already mentioned, it is usually not too much to worry if the swallowed object does not cause restless symptoms and is not stuck in the esophagus. This means that it had a streamlined shape (most likely), so it passed through the gastrointestinal tract without hindrance and painlessly. Usually this most foreign body can be found in a baby pot about 2-4 days after the very unpleasant and exciting situation happened. Therefore, doctors recommend that parents carefully check the contents of the pot before you get rid of it. Since only a foreign body discovered in the time frame can give parents an opportunity to relax and consider that the situation has resolved itself, and the result was extremely positive.
Only if you, for example, saw with your own eyes that the kid in the process of putting it in his mouth and swallowed a small ball, then you can not be too puzzled search for this ball in children's bowel movements - it will completely leave the children's body with an absolute guarantee. However, if the swallowed object did not have the correct streamlined shapes, and its size was too large to allow the body to exit unhindered, then the pot must be checked without fail.
Why so strict and clear? Yes, because if after four days from the moment of ingestion of a foreign body it does not appear in the pot - then you will need to consult the doctor without fail.
Often in critical (and not so) situations, parents begin to act logically, trying to independently develop a plan for the rescue and release of the gastrointestinal tract. They come to the conclusion that if, for example, they put an enema in the baby, or, even better, give him a laxative drug - then there will not be four days to wait, the foreign body will release the gastrointestinal tract at a high rate in the shortest possible time. However, this is a big mistake, because when you ingest categorically you can not put enemas, let alone give a laxative - after all, the intestines have a lot of stress with this foreign object, and there are spasms caused by such actions.
There are also a number of measures that can contribute to alleviating the general condition of the child. For example, it is recommended to give him food that foods that are most full of fiber (among them you can select any fruits and vegetables, as well as cereals).
If you have not seen what kind of thing got into the child's gastrointestinal tract, then you need to closely monitor its general condition, and when you have any anxiety symptom, you should immediately consult a doctor, and not wait until the foreign body comes out on your own. These are the dangerous symptoms:
- the child experiences pain in the abdomen, eventually they do not pass, and may even intensify;
- the child is sick, multiple vomiting is observed;
- after the baby went to the pot, you noticed blood in the bowel movements.
All this signals that the situation has come out of the safe waiting channel! Carefully watch your baby, in order to avoid potentially dangerous situations and come to the rescue in time, if any one has occurred!