Can children drink water if they choke

Release time : 05/25/2025 09:30:02

Feeding infants can be challenging. They often jump and run around, eat a mouthful of food, and then run off to play elsewhere. Or they may cry out when eating. These actions could potentially cause choking.

When you find your baby is having difficulty breathing and the face turns purple, it may indicate that they have swallowed something. In such cases, immediate emergency measures should be taken. For example, you can forcefully tap on your baby's back between the shoulder blades to help expel any foreign object.

However, some parents may immediately offer their baby water, but this practice is not correct.

Can children with choking eat water? On January 26, 2015, some mothers rushed to the hospital with their baby who suffered from a choking incident. However, due to prolonged choking and improper handling by the mother, the child could not be saved.

This mother immediately gave her baby water after discovering he had choked. But the doctor said that was a bad idea, because it would only make things worse and cause coughing and choking, or even pneumonia.

If the baby swallows dry steamed buns and gets choked, then water steamed buns will swell. If the baby does not swallow, the steamed buns will block in the throat, which is even more dangerous.

In fact, many adults react to choking by drinking water, but this could lead to coughing, and if it accidentally goes into the lungs, it can cause suffocation.

Therefore, when a baby chokes on food, parents should not give the baby water. Otherwise, the situation may be worse.

Children choke on food The baby is still young. Some slippery, large or hard food is generally not chewed enough, and it is easy to choke.

If parents notice that their baby's pupils are dilated, his face is purple, or he has difficulty breathing, they should realize that the baby may be choking.

When your baby chokes to eat, the following symptoms may also occur. Parents must discover these inappropriate manifestations in time.

If choking is not too serious, the baby may have difficulty breathing, cyanosis, staring eyes, scratching hands or twitching. If choking on food has seriously threatened the baby's life, there may be loss of consciousness, paralysis, cold limbs, incontinence in the stool, breathing stop, and a fast and weak heart rate that stops.

How to first aid children who choke? When your baby is found to be choking, do not feed water to your baby. Instead, you should perform cardiac resuscitation or use your fingers to scratch the baby's throat according to your baby's condition. Of course, you must also call the 120 emergency number in time.

If the baby has turned blue or purple, the first 5 minutes of extracardiac compressions are the most effective, and this is also the golden first aid time.

How to perform CPR on a baby? Parents can press down on the area between two nipples and the intersection of the sternum for one minute, continuing until the baby responds.

Moreover, parents can also wrap the baby in a blanket. One hand holds the cheekbones of the baby on either side, with the arm resting on the front chest of the baby, while the other hand grasps the back of the baby's neck, causing the baby to lie face down on an adult's knee. Then pat the baby's back 1 to 5 times, observing whether the baby will expel the foreign object.

If the baby does not vomit any foreign body, parents can use their fingers or chopsticks to pinch in the throat of the baby (three-sevenths of the tongue), and then let the baby vomit the foreign body out.

How to Prevent Child Choking? When feeding children, the food should be finely grounded, especially for babies under one year old, and the baby food should not be too rough.

Additionally, parents should also ensure that their children develop good eating habits and not allow them to eat while playing.

When your child is being difficult, you can be patient and comfort them: for example, say that after they finish their meal, you will take them somewhere fun to play or that you want to play with them. This makes the child into a quiet eater.

If a baby is stubborn and refuses to eat, crying out, parents should not force food on the baby, especially nut foods such as peanuts and cashews.

For foods with seeds, parents should also crush and remove the seeds before feeding their children.

In summary, when feeding the baby, parents should not deliberately play with them, nor should they feed while the baby is playing or when the baby is crying for food.

In terms of food, such as peanuts, litchies, grapes, and jelly, it is recommended to chop them up before feeding to prevent choking.

What foods are likely to cause choking in children, especially when they are young. It is very important to feed them carefully, especially when it comes to feeding baby fruit jelly, nuts, meat chunks or fish with spines.

Let's take a look at which foods are more likely to cause choking in babies.

1. Jelly.

Jelly can be easily sucked in by the baby, and because the jelly is easy to deform, it is difficult to take out. When the jelly blocks the baby's main airway, it becomes even more dangerous.

2. Nuts.

If your baby accidentally swallows nuts into your throat, it may cause your baby to suffocate.

3. Big meat pieces.

Young babies cannot chew large pieces of meat, so parents need to break them up, otherwise the baby will easily choke after swallowing them.

A thorny fish?

Fish is rich in nutrients and easy to digest, making it very suitable for babies.

However, the fish bones may get stuck in the baby's throat, causing the baby to choke.

5. Food with high viscosity.

For example, gummy candies are tough, and babies have difficulty chewing them, so they can choke them if they are not careful.

In addition, you should also pay attention when giving your baby glutinous rice balls and soft bread.

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