EATING
PEANUTS GIVES
2-YEAR-OLD BOY HEART ATTACK
2-YEAR-OLD BOY HEART ATTACK
A
two-year-old Mumbai boy suffered cardiac arrest after eating peanuts.The incident happened 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.
"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.
Prof. John Kurakar
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