anyone know why do we put our kids arms up when they act like they are choking?
411545
"When they ACT like they are choking"??? I just thought that was funny...\nWell the reason that my 7th grade science teacher gave me was that putting the arms up help open up the airways and lets you take in air more easily...hope I helped... I'm 22 and i still put my arms up :) Patting on the back can actually help lodge whatever obstructing your breathing. If you feel like your choking and you can still cough that means that air can still get in and your best bet is to try and cough it up. Choking with no breathing should be dealt with the Heimlich maneuver
342257
It's called a gag reflex.  It's a defense mechanism the body has to keep us from chocking on things.  If I remember right there are 3 spots that will set off the gag reflex;  I just do not know for sure where they are all located.
847331
Your son is screaming silently for help.  Hopefully the hospital admits him into a treatment program.  However, your son needs to help himself.  This will only happen when he is ready to accept help.  I am going through something similar to this with my own daughter. \n      Good luck to you and your son.
510672
It's a condition in which air leaks into the space between the lungs and the chest wall.  It is serious because it leads to lung collapse and needs to be treated.  The treatment is to insert a thin tube into that space - called "the pleural space" that is in turn attached to a device that reinflates the lungs and keeps them that way as the leak heals.  Yes, it's a bit uncomfortable, but so is dying of asphyxia!
1019664
they need to learn to hold their breaths first.. the problem with kids is that they feel that they wont be able to breathe.. you have to teach them while you are holding them.. to put their heads down and turn the head to breathe.. \n\nyou could use snorkels too.. this way they can breath .. but you have to let them go and do the above at some point
1093294
Maybe she is just disagreeing with u alot!?\n\nNo seriously, my daughter used to do it.  As long as she is developing normally, i.e pulling up to stand, trying words etc etc, I wouldn't be worried, my daughter grew out of it.\n\nIf your concerned see your paediatrician.
177935
My 7 year old does the same.  They get too busy doing something else and they don't want to take the time out to go to the bathroom.  My son tends to have alot of accidents too!  I think the only cure to this is that they will get embarrassed if they have an accident in public and people laugh at them.  I remind and remind and remind my son to use the restroom.  It goes in one ear and out the other.  They just need to grow up a little more I think.  You are not alone with this problem!
485091
Your trachea closes off your lungs when you swallow anything, so the food or liquid does not enter into your lungs and kill you.\nI hate when it doesn't work and i choke on water...gag
580926
Could be croup cough.  If it is hard for him to breath, go the the ER.  They can give him a breathing treatment and IV steriods or oral steroids.  He might be vomiting because of secretions in his throat draining down into his stomach, which can be too thick for some children to digest.  Good Luck!!!
869460
my daughter does something similar to that. when she gets hurt she passes out and looks as if she is having a seizure but it is actually vasovagal syndrome. A condition when the person is psyched out or hurt triggers their vaso vagal nerve and causes their blood pressure to drop and pass out also can cause trimmers that look like a seizure and they can loose control of body functions too.  I believe your child might have this..read up on it and talk to the doctor...my husband has this too..he was misdiagnosed when he was a child and was treated for epilepsy instead then finally one doctor figured out what was really going on...good luck to u and your daughter.
1091378
If a person is choking then let them continue to choke (or cough) until the object dislodges.  If they stop breathing then administer the Heimlich Maneuver.  Stand behind the person.  Make a fist with your right hand and place just below the sternum.  Cover your fist with your left hand.  Now make an inward and up thrusting motion repeatedly until the object has dislodged itself.  The object has a tendency of shooting out of the mouth so be prepared.
404316
No, you'd pass out and start breathing again.  That's why when a child tells their going to hold his or her breath to get their way - I tell them to go for it!
687935
because the air causes their stomach muscle (i don't know the word in English) to be excited...so the muscle will contract rapidly, causing the air to go out quickly, with a sound...To end it, you must take a deep breath and hold your respiration for about one minute...keep the air in...this will relax the muscle and will cause you to stop the hiccups. when you let the air out, let it out easily, not quickly.
107923
Kids are able to manipulate parents around their fingers. Mainly cos parents think that their kids are as naive as them at that age and kids are getting smarter. I'm not just talking about teenagers. Kids as young as 3 years old are now scolding their parents and directing them. We are living in a screwed up, upside down world. The scariest part is that parents allow themselves to be ordered around.
234505
Yes if you mean total ARMSPAN. It happens in lots of normal folks but ocassionally it may be a sign of a heriditary medical condition such as Marfan's syndrome, where you have very lax ligaments and are predisposed to various heart conditions.
1010163
i used to get it all the time...i had to get my tonsils removed because of it. see a doctor and have him look down your childs throat.
376533
i really don't think there isn't anything wrong with it.  this person may have pain and in that sense may be holding it in a way that is comfortable.  i hold my arms close to my body when i am having pain, but the person stops when ppl look at him or her suggesting that they may be trying to hide it. i would keep an eye on this person to be sure that there aren't any other signs of sickness and/or complications.