Overview
- A 14-year-old in Mar del Plata began coughing, struggled to breathe and spat blood while eating a water cracker at home.
- His family first took him to the Alto Camet primary care clinic, where staff did not find a cause and suggested a pediatric visit, according to his mother.
- As his breathing worsened during the drive, they rushed to the Hospital Materno Infantil, which admitted him and ordered imaging.
- Imaging revealed a foreign body in his upper airway that an ear, nose and throat team removed using laryngoscopy.
- Doctors reported a successful procedure with no complications, and the boy was discharged in good condition.