Jimu news reporter Cao Yang
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Correspondent Wu Ping Guo Chanyue
"I thought it was just an ordinary gastrointestinal problem, but I didn't expect it to be so serious." On February 18, when he mentioned that he had choked on milk and caused aspiration pneumonia, Wu Daddy still had palpitations.
Daddy Wu, 72, has been retired for many years and suffered a cerebral infarction a year ago, which led to a decline in swallowing function. Three days ago he was drinking milk while eating breakfast, when suddenly the milk choked into his throat, he coughed for a long time, and after the cough stopped, he continued to eat breakfast. After that, Daddy Wu always felt uncomfortable in his stomach, often coughed more than once, and vomited several times, and he thought it was just a gastrointestinal problem. The family was really uneasy, sent him to Wuhan Donghu Hospital for medical treatment, and after the examination of Dr. Zhao Tingting, who received the treatment, he was diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia and must be hospitalized immediately. According to Zhao Tingting, the elderly are relatively less reactive, especially those who have suffered from brain stroke and other diseases that cause cough reflex and swallowing function to be impaired, and are more likely to have food, stomach acid and other accidental inhalation into the airway when eating or vomiting, resulting in inhalation pneumonia, and even life-threatening.
"For the elderly, the prevention and timely treatment of aspiration pneumonia is important." Zhao Tingting suggested that once inhalation pneumonia is found, in an emergency, in addition to giving patients a timely backpat and encouraging patients to cough, they should also be sent to the hospital immediately to prevent breathing difficulties caused by long time of food aspiration.