The ingress of foreign bodies into the respiratory tract is observed mainly in childhood. Most often, foreign bodies slip through the vocal cavern into the lower parts (trachea and bronchi).

In the larynx, foreign bodies with sharp edges and ends (fish and meat bones, walnut shell, eggshell) are usually found. Relatively large foreign bodies can get stuck in the glottis or infringe on the backing space.

Symptoms and course:

For foreign bodies of the larynx is characterized by an acute, violent onset of the disease, it is difficult to inhale, a sharp pallor of the skin, a paroxysmal cough. Hoarseness or complete absence of voice indicates that the foreign body is located in the underlay space or directly in the glottis.

Foreign bodies of the trachea are also accompanied by violent manifestations. Characteristic of a long, multiple, paroxysmal "barking" cough, often resulting in vomiting. There may be dull pain behind the sternum.

Foreign bodies can move in the trachea, but sometimes they are fixed to its wall.

Help: is an ENT doctor in the hospital.

The final diagnosis is established through examination and additional research methods. If there is a sudden attack of asthma, tracheostomy is produced (tracheal dissection and introduction of a breathing tube into its lumen), if the foreign body is in the trachea or bronchi, endoscopic methods of treatment are used (examination and removal of the foreign body with the help of special equipment).