What to do if your newborn is choking

When a newborn chokes and the clinical symptoms are mild, the main thing is to carry out general treatment, when the symptoms are more serious, urgent medical treatment should be sought.
After the newborn choked, if only a mild cough, need to immediately stop feeding, and moderate pat the baby’s back. If the situation of respiratory difficulties, coughing is also more violent, you should urgently take the baby to the doctor for appropriate examination and treatment, to avoid endangering the baby’s life.
In daily life, we should also avoid bad breastfeeding posture, such as not letting the baby lying down to eat milk, not too fast, not too much milk at a time, to avoid repeated choking of newborns.
If your newborn has a recurrent choking cough, it is recommended that you seek prompt medical attention to identify the cause.