According to information from the hospital, the baby was taken to child care by the family. Here, the baby is given milk as usual. However, after drinking the milk and putting it down on the bed, the baby coughed and turned pale.
After being discovered, the babysitter was quickly taken to the emergency room.
The baby’s mother shared: “Because there is no one at home to take care of the baby, I send the baby early, the baby has a habit of taking a bottle before going to sleep.”
Doctor Ho Kim Duc, Department of Intensive Care and Poison Control said: “The baby boy admitted to the hospital was in a very critical condition, pale, stopped breathing after choking on milk. At this time, milk had overflowed into the airways, milk entered the lungs, causing pneumonia. sepsis. In this case, if it’s too late, it can lead to death.”
At the hospital, the doctors quickly performed intensive care and the baby was out of danger. However, the baby had to undergo long-term treatment because his lungs became severely inflamed after choking on milk.
German doctor recommends: When a child is nursing or after feeding, suddenly coughs strongly, spits milk through the nose, mouth, chokes, turns pale, screams, the body may be soft or stiff. baby choking on milk.
To avoid choking on milk in children, caregivers should pay attention: Do not let children sleep while nursing, do not play with children while nursing, making them laugh easily. When breastfeeding, the baby should be held with his head high, in a comfortable position, and should be fed slowly, without haste, especially for weak and premature babies. When the baby coughs or cries, stop feeding immediately, do not let milk continue to flow down the mouth.
For children who are not breastfed, must be bottle-fed, it is important to pay attention to the appropriate feeding bottle for the child. When breastfeeding, the bottle should be tilted about 45 degrees Celsius. When using a spoon to put milk into the baby’s mouth, it should be poured slowly, the baby swallows it all before applying another spoon.
In particular, after the baby is full, the child should not be placed directly on the bed or cradle, but should be picked up, to avoid choking on milk and reflux after feeding.
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