The newborn baby's body is at its most vulnerable, and many babies may experience choking on amniotic fluid at birth. Parents must take this seriously, but some parents may become too nervous. Is gastric lavage necessary in this situation? So below, let me take you to see if a newborn choking on amniotic fluid needs gastric lavage.
Due to the fact that babies are wrapped in amniotic fluid while in the mother's womb, there will be residual amniotic fluid in the mouth and nose of newborns. Therefore, at the moment when a baby is just born and begins to breathe and cry, amniotic fluid will be sent to the throat, causing coughing. In addition, if the pregnant mother experiences uterine contractions, hypoxemia stimulation, or prolonged pregnancy during pregnancy, it can also cause the fetus to inhale amniotic fluid due to hypoxia.
The treatment plan still depends on the amount inhaled. Generally, surgical treatment is not recommended for small amounts of inhalation because the risk of surgical treatment is too high. Antibiotic absorption therapy can be used to treat infections. If there is a lot of inhalation, it is best to relieve it through surgical inhalation methods, and the specific treatment should be selected according to the degree of pneumonia inhaled by the child.
Neonatal gastric lavage is mostly used to treat vomiting caused by neonatal swallowing syndrome. The purpose is to quickly clear the stomach contents and reduce the absorption of toxins in the gastrointestinal tract. It is to remove excessive or contaminated amniotic fluid, infected amniotic fluid, and amniotic fluid containing a large amount of maternal blood swallowed by the fetus during delivery, in order to reduce its stimulation of the gastric mucosa and the vomiting caused by excessive secretion of gastric acid and mucus.
The above is a detailed introduction about whether gastric lavage is necessary for newborns who choke on amniotic fluid. From the above article, we know that newborns do not need gastric lavage if they inhale a small amount of amniotic fluid during choking. So parents don't need to be too nervous, we just need to treat it scientifically and rationally. Finally, I wish all babies a healthy growth.
