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What Causes Wheezing In A Child After Swallowing Plastic Piece?

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My two and half year old daughter swallowed a plastic toy piece some two days back. while trying to get that out by his hand my father accidently scratched her throat. blood came from her mouth and nose. we rushed her to hospital where doctors took x rays of her neck, chest and stomach. nothing was visible and my daughter although frightened by incident but stopped crying and kept silent. we were told that plastic piece had gone to stomach and may not be visible in x ray so we have to wait to see if that comes out in motions....we brought her home and she started eating and behaving slightly better by playing with her sister.. some time complaining pain in throat..which we thought is due to scratches in throat. During night i heard some wheezing while she was sleeping i was afraid but thought that she might be suffering from cold...But early morning she suddenly woke up and started crying and yelling that some thing had stuck in her throat. She was trying to breathe but cant suddenly my father again put his finger in and to his surprise he pulled out the plastic piece around 1 cm in diameter..she was relieved so were we..its been two days since then and she is behaving okay but i still hear some slight sound when she sleeps...i am afraid and in doubt that is there be any thing else in her throat...where was that piece stuck in her for around 20 hrs...why doctors cant trace that...can there be anything else...What to do???
Mon, 27 Jul 2015
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Go for chest x Ray. Some time foreign body in bronchus present with this type of symptoms. And there is strong history. Most probably u will get normal cxr.but it is better to remove doubt. Some time URI present with this noisy breathing. But with h/o foreign body can't be overlooked.
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What Causes Wheezing In A Child After Swallowing Plastic Piece?

Go for chest x Ray. Some time foreign body in bronchus present with this type of symptoms. And there is strong history. Most probably u will get normal cxr.but it is better to remove doubt. Some time URI present with this noisy breathing. But with h/o foreign body can t be overlooked.