Table 1.

Symptoms of children with aerodigestive foreign bodies and home interventions attempted

		Frequency	Percentage
Symptom	Sudden onset of cough	29	72.5
	Sudden onset difficulty in breathing	24	60.0
	Noisy breathing	16	40.0
	Change in colour to blue [cyanosis]	3	7.5
	Hoarseness of the voice	13	32.5
	Vomiting and retching	17	42.5
	Drooling of saliva	11	27.5
	Failure to swallow feeds	14	35.0
Intervention at home	Finger sweep	12	30.0
	Induced vomiting	4	10.0
	Gave local herbs	6	15.0
	Heimlich manoeuvre	1	2.5
	No intervention	19	47.5