What Should I Do If Food Gets Into My Airway?
When food enters the trachea, you can cough vigorously, which has a certain chance of vomiting the food out. If it is a relatively large piece of food, you should immediately go to the hospital for surgery. After food enters the trachea, there will be obvious discomfort symptoms, which can lead to difficulty in breathing and cause suffocation in severe cases. Especially for infants and young children, the mortality rate is very high. Parents should learn relevant first-aid knowledge to deal with unexpected situations. What should you do if food enters the trachea? Usually, food entering the trachea will cause severe coughing. If the food is coughed out, there is no big problem. However, if the food is not coughed out, it is necessary to seek medical attention promptly to remove it under a bronchoscope.
1. Food entering the trachea is called tracheal foreign body. Common foods that cause tracheal foreign body include jelly, glutinous rice balls, melon seeds, peanuts, beans, and some patients may also cause choking and food entering the trachea due to cerebrovascular diseases or drinking water. 2. If the patient's symptoms are obvious, such as cough, sputum, high fever, etc., an X-ray examination can be performed to observe the amount of food. If the X-ray examination is negative or the condition persists, a bronchoscopy can be considered to clarify the situation inside the trachea. 3. After a clear diagnosis, surgery under the trachea can be performed quickly to remove the food inside the trachea, improve the patient's respiratory difficulty symptoms, and prevent lung infection due to a long duration.
