A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpoint

by J. H. Craven

Symptoms

The symptoms of a foreign body in the larynx are characteristic and consists in the very sudden appearance of the attacks and also in the severity of the symptoms. There will be a history of something having been in the child’s mouth, or the possibility of the child having placed some object in his mouth. A metallic body can always be located by means of the X-ray.

Ordinarily these cases do not come within the scope of Chiropractic. There might be a subluxation which would prevent adaptation from taking place, and if so, an adjustment might result in a relaxation of the muscles to such an extent that the foreign body could be expelled by coughing. These cases are traumatic and should be taken to a competent surgeon at once.