Recently, the Department of Pediatrics of the Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University received a 1-year-old child who swallowed laundry gel beads by mistake, and the pediatric team of the Seventh Hospital of Zhongshan Immediately launched the rescue plan of "pediatric accidental ingestion of foreign bodies". After nearly half an hour of rescue, the child finally fell asleep quietly, and was successfully discharged the next day after being hospitalized for observation. Pediatricians remind that many children mistakenly take foreign bodies are caused by poor parental care, remind parents to put such items properly and do a good job of relevant education, once found that children mistakenly take foreign bodies, the first time to dial 120 to let medical staff guide vomiting, and the vomiting agent is collected and brought to the hospital for medical staff to identify, so as to facilitate the correct treatment.
According to reports, the child was playing at home that morning, suddenly attracted by the brightly colored laundry gel beads, thought it was delicious candy put into the mouth, soon began to cough, the mother at home to induce vomiting 1 time, to the hospital when the child is still crying, the mother panicked.
Rescue of the child
The doctor immediately examined the child, and the vital signs were temporarily stable, but in order to prevent the contents of the laundry beads from being absorbed into the blood and further aggravating the condition, it was necessary to immediately wash the child's stomach. With the cooperation of medical staff, after manual gastric cleaning, the gastric contents were finally transformed from the initial milky white with foam solution (with a strong smell of laundry beads) to a clear and transparent solution. At the same time, children are given to protect the gastric mucosa, intravenous fluids and other accelerated toxic substances excreted from the urine to support treatment. After nearly half an hour of rescue, the child finally fell asleep quietly, and was successfully discharged the next day after being hospitalized for observation.
The picture shows the laundry beads
The doctor said that the laundry gel beads are loved by everyone because of their convenience and beauty, but because of their bright colors and resembling candy, it is easy to attract the attention of children and even be mistakenly taken as candy. It is a highly concentrated detergent, the main ingredients are some surfactants, stabilizers, PH regulators, anti-stain re-deposition agents and other 10 kinds of additives, a large number of swallowing can cause airway, digestive tract mucosa damage, serious can lead to mucosal necrosis, and even coma, convulsions, asphyxia, pulmonary edema and other complications.
Fortunately, the amount of the child taken is not large, after some rescue is not a big problem, under the inquiry of the doctor, I learned that the family has always placed the laundry gel beads at will, and often gives them to children to play, but simply tell the child that the laundry gel beads can not be eaten, parents think that it is safe, do not know that for children who are only 1 year old, the concept of "can not eat" can not be fully understood, which led to the occurrence of thrilling situations.
It is understood that the pediatric department of Zhongshan Seven Hospitals receives all kinds of children who mistakenly take foreign bodies, such as mercury, toxic drugs, glass balls, small steel balls, glow sticks, etc., most of which are caused by poor parental care, fortunately, after the timely treatment of medical staff has not caused great harm. Due to the lack of discernment ability of young children, coupled with strong curiosity, so parents must remember to place such items properly and do a good job of relevant education, to prevent problems before they occur, once they find that children mistakenly take foreign bodies, remember to dial 120 for medical staff to guide vomiting at the first time, and collect vomiting agents to the hospital for medical staff to identify, so as to facilitate correct treatment.
(The original title is "Bright colors are candy?") 1-year-old baby swallowed laundry beads by mistake"
(Author: Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Daily reporter Luo Liqiong correspondent Yu Zulin)