What to do if your baby chokes easily on breastmilk

The baby drinking breast milk easily choked may be due to the baby eating too quickly caused by physiological phenomena, may also be due to congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula, there may be due to gastro-esophageal reflux caused by the different causes, different methods of treatment. 1. Physiological factors: if the mother breast milk is sufficient, or the baby is crying after eating too quickly, these reasons may lead to the baby to drink breast milk easily choking performance, this situation generally do not need to worry too much, let the baby eat and stop, or use the bottle to control the speed of feeding can be. 2. congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula: congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula can also lead to baby choking on breastmilk, the treatment should be through esophageal reconstruction surgery. 3. Gastroesophageal reflux: because the baby’s stomach capacity is small, the position is relatively horizontal, so it is easy to gastroesophageal reflux, resulting in the symptoms of the baby choking on breast milk, the treatment needs to pay attention to the baby’s breastfeeding posture, after feeding the baby should be held up and gently patted on the back. After eliminating the physiological factors, if the baby’s symptoms of choking on breastmilk continue to be unrelieved, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to identify the cause and ask the doctor to deal with it.