Foreign bodies of the trachea and bronchi

Foreign bodies of the trachea and bronchi . They can be any small items: sunflower seeds and watermelon, buttons, pins, hooks, nails, buttons, paper clips, beans, peas, etc. In most cases, they occur in childhood, getting there from the mouth with deep inspiration . Rarely foreign bodies can enter the lower respiratory tract from the gastrointestinal tract (with vomiting, crawling round worms). Promotional moments are laughter, crying, coughing, sleeping, fainting, intoxication, weakening of the cough reflex.

Symptoms, flow depends on the nature, shape, size of the foreign body, its location, as well as the age and individual characteristics of the patient. At the time of aspiration, there comes a reflex spasm of the glottis, an attack of suffocation with a pronounced cyanosis of the skin and often loss of consciousness. The attack of suffocation comparatively quickly disappears and a strong cough appears.