Young children swallow the iron ring by mistake and the doctor quickly removes it

The one-year-old boy kept crying and unable to eat, and it turned out that he had swallowed an iron ring. Recently, the Department of Otolaryngology of Cangzhou Central Hospital received a small patient in Botou.

Recently, Zhu Hong, attending physician of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of Cangzhou Central Hospital, received a one-year-old boy. The child's mother said that on the same day, when the child was lying on the ground playing, she went to the toilet. When she returned, she found that the child was crying and crying and could not eat any food. The family immediately took the child to Cangzhou Central Hospital for treatment.

Zhu Hong probed with the instrument and found that the child had a foreign body stuck in his esophagus. She then took immediate steps to remove the foreign body from the child. The foreign object is an iron ring the size of a dollar coin.

The child's parents said that it may be that when the child was lying on the ground playing, he picked up the iron ring on the ground and put it in his mouth.

Zhu Hong said that on average, she treats nearly 100 patients with foreign bodies in the esophagus every year, including adults and children. Common esophageal foreign bodies in children include coins, buttons, ornaments, date nuclei, etc.; adult patients are mostly elderly, and common foreign bodies include bones, dentures, etc.

Zhu Hong reminded the public that when eating, they should chew carefully and swallow slowly, and do not talk while eating. In addition, take good care of your child and avoid accidental eating.

(Reporter He Xiaoling)