What are the behaviors that can easily cause babies to choke? What are the first aid measures for babies choking?

When babies are young, their organs are not fully developed, including their swallowing ability. So when eating, you should be careful and eat in small bites. If your baby chokes while eating, do parents know how to give first aid?

1. Feeding babies inappropriate food A common choking incident in life is when parents feed their children snacks such as peanuts, melon seeds, and jelly, which causes the baby to choke. Although babies love these snacks, they are small in size and are likely to choke if the baby is not careful when eating them. Delicious food becomes a "dangerous food" that chokes children. Therefore, parents should pay attention to avoid letting children eat such food.

2. The baby cries or laughs loudly while eating When the baby cries or laughs loudly, the pharyngeal gate will often open. If the child is still eating at this time, the food will easily fall into the trachea from the pharyngeal gate and get stuck, thus choking the baby. Therefore, parents should never make the child laugh or cry while eating.

3. Children play while eating. Children often cannot sit still while eating and like to play while eating. If children play with food in their mouths, it is easy for food to enter the trachea by mistake, which may cause choking in mild cases and suffocation in severe cases.

1. If your baby shows signs of choking, do not feed him water and call 120 emergency number immediately.

2. If the baby is conscious, the parents should pick up the baby, make the baby face down, lie on the adult's knees, and then pat the baby between the shoulder blades 5 times from behind to see if the baby spits out the foreign body. Or, hold the child's waist from behind, aim at the child's upper abdomen, and pat the child inward and upward several times with the thumb side.

3. If the baby chokes after eating sticky food, in addition to using the methods introduced above, you can let the child lie on his side, use your index or middle finger to reach deep into the child's throat along the inner wall of the child's throat, and take out or pick out the food.

1. The baby suddenly becomes unable to speak while eating and shows a painful expression of suffocation. Some babies may also have a cyanotic face and stare with their eyes wide open.

2. The baby usually presses his hands on his neck or chest, picks his mouth with his hands, scratches his hands or twitches, etc.

3. If the baby's trachea is partially blocked, symptoms such as severe coughing and wheezing between coughs will occur.

4. If choking seriously threatens the baby's life, the baby may experience loss of consciousness, general paralysis, cold limbs, incontinence, respiratory arrest, rapid and weak heart rate and then arrest.

What foods can easily cause your baby to choke?

1. Jelly is a favorite snack of many babies, but it is also one of the main causes of choking in many children. Therefore, parents should avoid feeding jelly to their children. If the child must eat it, parents should feed him with a small spoon at least.

2. Candy: Candy is small in size, hard in texture and difficult to dissolve. If children eat it improperly, they may choke. Therefore, it is not suitable for babies under 3 years old.

3. Nuts: Nuts are relatively small and very hard. The moment the baby puts them into his mouth, they may be inhaled into the trachea, causing choking.

4. Rice cakes and peanut butter Rice cakes or peanut butter are too sticky and are not suitable for very young babies.

5. Small fruits: Small fruits with pits, such as longan, grapes, cherries, etc., are best not given to children.

6. High-fiber vegetables Vegetables that are high in fiber and difficult to chew are not suitable for feeding babies, such as celery, bean sprouts, leeks, etc.

7. Babies cannot chew large pieces of meat. If children force themselves to swallow them, they may choke.