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What Are The Repercussions Of Accidental Ingestion Of Sodium Absorbents By A Child?

Posted on Wed, 8 Mar 2017

Question: my 3 yr old licked a broken ice pack the contains sodium polyacrylate, sodium carboxymethyllulose, super absorbent restin and sorbitol.....what should we look/watch for? is there concern?

Answered by Dr. Sumanth Amperayani (30 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Nothing will happen - dont worry

Detailed Answer:
Hi...I understand your concern. Nothing to worry about it. The absorbents are usually non-toxic even when ingested.

As the kid has only licked it, nothing will happen, don''t worry.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar