Symptoms of foreign body in infant trachea?

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Common symptoms: cough, chest tightness, blue complexion, expectoration, hoarseness, airway obstruction, tracheal injury, mucopurulent sputum, vomiting, pulmonary infection, hemoptysis.

Symptoms of foreign body in infant trachea?

Foreign body inhalation period: foreign body through the glottis into the trachea, there will be severe cough, some at the same time appear short breath and face cyanosis. If the foreign body is embedded in the glottis, hoarseness and dyspnea may occur, and asphyxia may occur in severe cases. If the foreign body enters the trachea or bronchus, there may be no other symptoms except slight cough.

Quiet period: after foreign body enters trachea and bronchus, it stays in a certain part and the irritation decreases. At this time, the patient may have slight cough without other symptoms, which is often ignored. If the foreign body blocks the trachea and causes inflammation, the period will soon end and enter the third period.

）Inflammatory stage: the local stimulation and secondary inflammation of foreign body aggravate the blockage of trachea and bronchus, and cough, atelectasis and emphysema may appear, and the patient's temperature may rise at this stage.

matters needing attention

Complication stage: with the development of inflammation, pneumonia, lung abscess or empyema may appear. Patients have high fever, cough, purulent sputum, chest pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea, etc. The length and severity of this period may vary with the size and nature of the foreign body, the constitution of the patient and the treatment.