A 4-year-old child who has swallowed a dime coin should be examined as soon as possible and the coin should be removed in a timely manner.
A 4-year-old child who has swallowed a dime coin may have a violent choking cough and have difficulty breathing and dryness due to foreign body obstruction. Parents should take the child to a regular hospital in a timely manner, for relevant examinations, such as X-rays, CT, to determine the location of the coin and dynamic observation. The coin can be removed by gastroscopy or enteroscopy, or even surgical incision.
A 4-year-old child swallowed a dime coin, if not treated in time, may lead to damage to the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, causing bleeding, infection and so on. In normal life, avoid teasing and scolding when children eat, do not play with small toys, coins, etc. in the mouth, so as not to accidentally inhaled into the respiratory tract.
Parents should do a good job of supervision in normal life, to avoid children eating foreign objects, strengthen the care of children.