Introduction

The risk of children inhaling foreign bodies is always present since the moment they are able to take an object with their hands, causing illnesses that seriously putting life at risk.

Generally, it is children between 6 months to 3 years, with a peak of incidence between the first and second year of life, as a consequence of the great tendency for introducing small objects in their mouth and that they don’t have teeth for properly chewing food.  According to a report from the safety counsel of USA, in 1995, 5% of the accidental deaths in children under 4 years of age were caused from asphyxia by a foreign body.  On the other hand, in numerous studies it has been proven that, from the total cases of death from asphyxia by a foreign bodies, only 15% were older than 5 years of age.

In most cases, the inhaled objects are vegetables such as peanuts, popcorn, seeds, pieces of food, toys, pen caps, tacks, buttons, marbles, pebbles, etc.

The agent that causes dengue belongs to the flavovirus family.