What to do if your 8-month-old baby accidentally eats gum

8 months of the baby accidentally eat chewing gum if there is no abnormal reaction can be dealt with through the improvement of dietary structure, if there are abnormal symptoms can be used Heimlich first aid method.
1. Improve the dietary structure: 8 months after the baby accidentally eat gum if there is no abnormal symptoms, mental state is quite good, then do not worry too much, can let the baby drink more water, eat some of the food containing dietary fiber is relatively high, can be discharged on the chewing gum to play an auxiliary role.
2. Heimlich first aid: If the 8-month-old baby accidentally eat chewing gum immediately after coughing, dyspnea, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, this time may be stuck in the throat, trachea and esophagus and other parts of the gum due to the need for timely use of the Heimlich first aid, so that babies will be taken out of the chewing gum.
Specific operation: the rescuer will be the baby face down, so that its body placed on the arm and lean on the knee. The rescuer arm against the chest, the thumb and the remaining four fingers were stuck in the jaw position, the other hand in the baby’s back between the two shoulder blades to shoot 5 times; and then turn the baby right, in the baby’s sternum in the lower part of the chest bone, with the index finger and the middle finger pressure chest 5 times, until the foreign body spit out.
If the 8-month-old baby accidentally chewing gum appeared abnormal symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, early formal treatment, to avoid adverse consequences.