Sometimes an inhaled foreign body will cause stridor in children. The child will develop a cough, stridor or will have difficulty breathing after playing with a toy that has small removable parts, or after eating nuts or a piece of carrot. The diagnosis is made, often after a long delay, by special X-rays. The child usually has to be hospitalised and the inhaled foreign body removed under general anaesthetic.
Young children tend to place everything in their mouths as part of their exploration, and small objects can then very easily be inhaled. Do not allow toddlers or young children to eat nuts, and make sure that the toys they play with do not have small removable parts that can be easily inhaled.
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