Never eat strong acid and alkali to induce vomiting by mistake, but drink milk for pre-hospital first aid.

I thought it was mineral water, so I picked it up and took a sip. It turned out to be detergent. This kind of case is not uncommon in clinic. Recently, tung wah hospital received such a female patient.

"This happens more often in factories." An expert in gastroenterology in tung wah hospital said that this is very worth reminding, because eating strong acid or strong alkali chemicals by mistake will bring serious consequences such as esophageal stenosis and even perforation. It is worth noting that if you take such chemicals by mistake, please do not induce vomiting, which may cause further damage to the esophagus. You can drink a glass of milk to reduce the damage of chemicals to the esophagus.

Female employees drink 100 ml detergent by mistake.

Lingling (not her real name), 20, is lying in a hospital bed in the Department of Gastroenterology, tung wah hospital, very quiet. She really wants to talk, but it's hard for her to talk. All this stems from a recent absurd encounter.

Lingling works in a factory in Dongguan. The incident happened in the morning. She felt thirsty. She picked up a twisted bottle of mineral water on the table at home and gulped it down.

Suddenly, Lingling felt an unusual smell, but it was too late. It turned out that she was not drinking mineral water, but washing detergent for the glass. After a while, Lingling felt a chest pain, and her chest began to have a strong burning sensation, making it very difficult to swallow.

Then Lingling hurried to the hospital. "The patient may have drunk about 100 ml of detergent. "Zhu Huimin, chief expert of gastroenterology in tung wah hospital, said that this detergent is a strong alkaline liquid. After drinking, the patient's esophagus burned badly. When he was transferred from Jie Zhen Hospital, the esophageal mucosa had ulcer and upper segment erosion.

Chemicals can burn the esophagus, making it difficult to eat.

In the face of this case of esophageal chemical burn, experts also admitted that the follow-up impact of this case will be even greater.

"Esophageal chemical burns are divided into several stages. "Zhu Huimin said, the first is the acute phase, usually within 5 days after the incident, the esophagus usually has symptoms of edema, mucosal damage and shedding.

Followed by subacute stage, that is, after 5 days, the esophageal mucosa will fall off and then form an ulcer.

Finally, the chronic stage, two weeks later, Zhu Huimin said: "If the burn is serious, the esophagus will ulcer or even perforation. Because the esophagus is connected to the chest cavity, the consequences after perforation will be very serious and relatively small. "

However, in another case, permanent esophageal stenosis will be formed. "This situation will have a great impact on our daily life in the future. Due to esophageal stenosis, swallowing food will be more difficult. " Zhu Huimin said that in order to solve esophageal stricture, regular esophageal dilatation is usually performed. "However, each esophageal dilatation can only last for about two weeks, and the frequency of this dilatation is very high."

Zhu Huimin said, it is worth noting that if the esophageal stenosis is serious, it is necessary to remove this esophagus and make an artificial esophagus.

Drink milk and soybean milk by mistake with strong acid and alkali.

The doctor reminded that it is not uncommon to accidentally drink chemical liquids from the clinic.

"As far as our hospital is concerned, there are several cases every year." Zhu Huimin said that this usually happens in factories, because they have more opportunities to get in touch with chemicals at work.

Chemicals that have a strong corrosive effect on esophagus are usually strongly acidic or alkaline.

"For example, cleaning air conditioners, detergents and cleaning agents for cleaning glass, etc. "Zhu Huimin said that people who eat by mistake are usually young people, and they are more careless. "People often take mineral water bottles or daily eating utensils to hold these chemicals. Without labels, they put them at your fingertips and drink them by mistake. When people react, it is too late and the liquid has reached the esophagus. "

Experts pointed out that if you eat corrosive substances (such as strong acid and alkali) by mistake, you must never induce vomiting, which may cause further damage to the esophagus. You can drink milk, soybean milk, egg white and so on. Reduce the damage of chemicals to the esophagus. Zhu Huimin said that if you want to bring mineral water bottles or other utensils to hold chemicals, you'd better put warning signs on them and put them high to avoid accidents.

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