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Child Choking On Spit. Born Premature. What Is Wrong?

my daughter is 2 and a half months old. she spits up through her nose and chokes on it 5 or 6 times a day. sometimes it takes a minute to get her to catch her breath. i suck her cheeks and nose with a ball syringe to get it out of her airways but im afraid one day she will choke too long. but, she was 6 weeks premature and my doctor believes there is nothing wrong with her because she is gaining weight awesome. they tell me to keep doing what i am doing and she will grow out of it soon. what is wrong with my baby that she chokes this bad? a few times a day even?
Tue, 10 Sep 2013
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Hi Dear

Welcome to the platform of health care magic.

If the child is gaining sufficient weight according to her age,it proves that she is getting the required amount of feed.

She is spitting what ever extra feed being forced to her. Many times children do take extra amount on there own also.

Children do ingest lot of air during feeds (aerophagia).
This air comes out of mouth and nose as eructation along with the extra ingested milk which might be becoming the cause of choking.

This can be overcome by proper BURPING.

Burping means assisting the baby for proper eructation.(patting the baby on her back for some time just after giving feed so that the mother can hear the voice of eructation).

Proper positioning of the baby after feed and burping may also help.

Baby should be made prone immediately the moment baby vomits, so that all the vomitus comes out of the oral cavity and does not enter the wind pipe and the baby does not gets choked

Hope the query is answered and is useful to you.

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Child Choking On Spit. Born Premature. What Is Wrong?

Hi Dear Welcome to the platform of health care magic. If the child is gaining sufficient weight according to her age,it proves that she is getting the required amount of feed. She is spitting what ever extra feed being forced to her. Many times children do take extra amount on there own also. Children do ingest lot of air during feeds (aerophagia). This air comes out of mouth and nose as eructation along with the extra ingested milk which might be becoming the cause of choking. This can be overcome by proper BURPING. Burping means assisting the baby for proper eructation.(patting the baby on her back for some time just after giving feed so that the mother can hear the voice of eructation). Proper positioning of the baby after feed and burping may also help. Baby should be made prone immediately the moment baby vomits, so that all the vomitus comes out of the oral cavity and does not enter the wind pipe and the baby does not gets choked Hope the query is answered and is useful to you. Thanks