Peanuts are CHOKING HAZARDS for babies and toddlers!
Jeffrey Ludemann
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Jeffrey Ludemann
Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology at The University of British Columbia; dontchoke.ubc.ca founder
Please STOP giving solid nuts (or nut fragments) to children under 3 years of age.
A small amount of smooth peanut butter is much less risky, in terms of choking!
https://dontchoke.ubc.ca/what-gets-stuck-where/extraction-cases/case/peanut-fragments-in-bronchus/
Because multiple news agencies have once again published articles about peanut allergy prevention for babies (FEATURING images of solid nuts), the medical community must illustrate the facts about foreign body aspiration. PLEASE share this post globally!
Monash Doctors Health & Wellbeing Officer at Monash Health
5 年THANKYOU Jeffrey! We were always taught not to give nuts to children under 5 due to the choking hazard and I have been alarmed that many young parents no longer heed this information. You only need see one peanut induced lung abscess to know how important this is. Keep spreading the word!
Chairman of Pediatric section at the World Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
7 年join us at WABIP Whatapp group
Pathologist at Pula General Hospital and lecturer at Juraj Dobrila University of Pula Higher Education and Open University Diopter
8 年Is it not like...I don't know...common sence?!!!!
ENT Specialist, Dubai
8 年Any nuts like almonds, cashews, peanuts are hazardous more so in moving vehicles where jerks and bumps on the roads make the child very prone to accidentally inhale the fragments.