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Magen David Adom Warns that Fish and Matzoh Pose Choking Hazards

by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Magen David Adom is warning the public to exercise caution in eating fish and matzoh, both of which are very common on Pesach, offering advice on how to avoid health problems due to excessive matzoh consumption and/or choking on fish bones hidden in fish.

Every year on Pesach there is a steep rise in the number of people brought to the hospital, particularly young children and elderly adults suffering from choking, or from stomach pains due to excessive consumption of matzoh. In children there are also instances of damage to the digestive tract after swallowing small bones inside various fish. Magen David Adom advises parents to carefully check the fish served to their children.

Matzoh is also liable to be dangerous because of its hardness and dryness. Excessive consumption can lead to choking and digestive problems accompanied by sharp stomach pains.

The following are Magen David Adom's recommendations for treating choking victims until Magen David Adom arrives:

Encourage the victim to cough. If the coughing does not work, give the person short, sharp pats on the back between the shoulder blades to try to dislodge the foreign object. Call 101 to summon Magen David Adom as soon as possible.

In the case of children do not try to dislodge a foreign object by pushing in a finger, which is liable to cause the object to get stuck further down. After encouraging coughing and patting the back, open the child's mouth and if you discern a foreign body inside, try to remove it with one finger inside the mouth using a hooking motion. If the foreign object is not expelled, begin artificial respiration, and if necessary cardiac resuscitation as well, until Magen David Adom arrives.

 

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