2 year old
boy has a heart attack after eating peanuts!
A
two-year-old Mumbai boy suffered cardiac arrest after eating peanuts.
The incident happened on July 30 when Krishna Yadav had to
be rushed to the Seven Hills Hospital, Andheri east, after suffering
breathlessness upon eating peanuts with some friends at his home.
A team of doctors immediately carried out tests and gave
their shocking medical conclusion – the child had suffered cardiac arrest and
required tertiary care.
‘He was put on ventilator by the Neo-Critical Care
Specialists to avoid any further complications or cardiac arrests and further
tests were carried out,’ said the hospital’s consultant ENT specialist Ashwini
Kumar Mehta. Scans performed by the hospital revealed that some peanuts had got
lodged in the airway of the child, creating breathing complications.
‘The pieces were blocking airflow to both the lungs and
resulted in ‘hypoxia’ which is low level of oxygen supply to the brain. This led
to the heart attack,’ explained Mehta.
‘After the problem was identified, the next step was to
rectify it by performing a Bronchoscopy,’ said Uday Nadkarni, consultant
paediatrician.
‘This procedure includes insertion of a bronchoscope into
the airways, usually through the nose or mouth. Through this, pieces of peanuts
were removed, allowing the child to breathe freely once again,’ Nadkarni
explained. However, Mehta assured that the child’s heart is normal and strong
and there would not be any similar complications in the future.
Nadkarni said that this incident should make people more
aware of the dangers of giving food to small children which are difficult to
chew at certain ages, especially when their teeth are yet developing.
Nearly a fornight after the incident, Krishna’s parents –
father Satyapal Yadav, working for Continuum Management Pvt. Ltd., and mother
Guddidevi, a housewife – are a relieved lot.
‘Yes, he has been discharged and is now normal. This has
been quite an experience for all of us,’ Yadav said.
Source: http://health.india.com
14.08.2013
3,069
Kurukshetra varsity students form ‘blood drop’
Dressed in red, 3,069 students of Kurukshetra University and
its affiliated colleges Monday set a new record when they formed the shape of a
blood drop to create awareness for blood
donation on International Youth Day in Kurukshetra town in
Haryana.
The students broke the previous world record for the largest
human blood drop shape formed by 3,006 people by Baekseok University,
Pyeongchang, South Korea on Feb 23, 2012.
‘This historic event will motivate the youth of the country
and other citizens to donate blood for saving precious human lives,’
Kurukshetra University vice chancellor, Lt Gen D.D.S. Sandhu said.
‘The aim of the record attempt was to promote large scale
awareness about voluntary blood donation and to popularize it among youth. The
attempt was a joint collaboration between ISBTI, Kurukshetra University, Indian
Red Cross Society and BloodConnect,’ a university spokesperson said.
‘Despite being the youngest nation in the world, the country
faces a massive shortage of 3.6 million units of blood. Even if a mere two
percent of the country’s youth donate just once in their lifetime, the
situation can be improved drastically,’ Yudhvir Singh, president of
International Society for Blood Transfusion India (ISBTI), said.
BloodConnect is India’s largest student-run group for
voluntary blood donation. It connects people in need of blood to those who can
donate it.
Kurukshetra is 100 km from Chandigarh.
Source: http://health.india.com
14.08.2013
Worrying does
not empty tomorrow of its troubles, it empties today of its strength
Corrie Ten Boom
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