Management of foreign bodies in the pharynx of infants and children

The treatment of foreign body in the pharynx of infants and young children is somewhat different from that of adults, mainly due to the fact that infants and young children are generally disobedient and uncooperative, which makes the clinical operation particularly difficult. The treatment of foreign body in the pharynx of infants and young children is as follows: first of all, do a good job in the education of infants and young children, and instruct the infants to avoid crying as much as possible, and try to avoid the fear of the emotions as much as possible to open their mouths, and only if the infants open their mouths will the doctor be able to observe the pharynx with or without a foreign body. Doctors can use tongue depressor gently press the tongue in the anterior 2/3 position, rapid observation of bilateral tonsils, the posterior wall of the pharynx with or without a foreign body, if there is a pediatric tweezers will be used to quickly pinch out the foreign body, the action is generally gentle and as fast as possible, if slow, the infants and children may be closed again, the more times the infants and young children with the poorer, the doctor finally can not see clearly. Of course, if there is a suspicion that the infant or child has a foreign body that is not in the pharynx but in the larynx, then the clinic needs to take an electronic laryngoscopy.