Tips for preventing rice grains from choking your trachea

Choking on rice grains in the trachea is a very common phenomenon. The probability of this happening is particularly high for babies who have not yet learned the correct way to eat. If rice grains choke the baby's trachea, it will not only make the baby feel very uncomfortable, but if it is not spit out in time, it may even affect the health of the baby's trachea and cause greater harm to the baby's body. So, if the baby is choked by rice grains in the trachea, what methods can be used to solve the problem?

1. What to do if your baby chokes while eating

1. Vomiting

Put your fingers into the mouth and stimulate the root of the tongue to induce vomiting. This is suitable for tracheal foreign objects closer to the throat. Use gauze to promptly clear the baby's oral and nasal secretions to keep the airway open.

2. Pat the back

Let the baby lie on the parent's knees with his head down, support his chest, and pat his back 4 times to make the child cough out the foreign body. You can also hold the child upside down and pat his back.

3. Stomach squeeze method

For older babies, quick abdominal compression can be performed to dislodge the object. Hold the child's waist, press the upper abdomen with the index, middle and ring fingers of both hands, squeeze hard upward and backward, relax, repeat in a rhythmic manner to form an impact airflow to flush out the foreign body.

2. How to prevent your baby from choking

1. Eat less snacks such as peanuts and jelly.

Parents should control their children's intake, otherwise the children may choke or choke accidentally, which may affect their breathing in mild cases and cause suffocation in severe cases.

2. Young children should try to eat crushed snacks.

If children under 3 years old eat peanuts or other legumes, try to eat them in crushed form. This will not only facilitate digestion and absorption, but also reduce the risk of choking.

3. Avoid playing and fighting while eating.

When children are eating, try to avoid playing and fighting. If they start to fight, food can easily enter their trachea, posing a great threat to their health. Therefore, we should educate our children to develop the habit of eating quietly during meals.

4. Avoid children crying while eating.

If the child cries loudly, do not feed him anymore. Wait until the child calms down before feeding him. If you want to scold your child while eating, be brief and don't make him cry.