What are the manifestations and diagnosis of asphyxia?

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Asphyxia is not very common in life, but its situation is very critical. I had a sense of asphyxia before because of carbon monoxide poisoning. When it happens, it needs to be solved symptomatically. Let's take a look at the causes of suffocation.

What are the manifestations and diagnosis of asphyxia?

First of all: mechanical asphyxia, caused by mechanical effects of respiratory disorders, such as hanging, strangling, strangling the neck, blocking the respiratory tract with objects, pressing the chest and abdomen, suffering from acute laryngeal edema or food inhalation trachea caused by asphyxia;

Secondly: toxic asphyxia, the typical is carbon monoxide poisoning, a lot of carbon monoxide inhaled from the respiratory tract into the lung, into the blood, combined with hemoglobin into carboxyhemoglobin, hindered the combination and dissociation of oxygen and hemoglobin, in the case of tissue hypoxia, there will be asphyxia.

Finally: the loss of respiratory area caused by pathological asphyxia, such as drowning and pneumonia; ④ Central respiratory arrest caused by cerebral circulation disorder; ⑤ Neonatal asphyxia and asphyxia caused by lack of oxygen in the air (e.g. oxygen in the air gradually decreases after being shut in the box or cabinet). Its symptoms are mainly manifested as the stimulation caused by the accumulation of carbon dioxide or other acidic metabolites and the central nerve paralysis caused by hypoxia.

matters needing attention

You can use chopsticks or thin wooden board to pry open the mouth of the patient, insert it between the upper and lower teeth, or roll a small roll with a handkerchief to open the mouth, and clean the secretions and foreign bodies in the mouth, nose and throat, so as to ensure that the patient can breathe smoothly.