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Infant Accidentally Swallowed Small Tack, Is Constipated And Teething, Has Rash On Chest. How Can We Detect Whether She Has Swallowed It?
5 weeks ago my 11month old daughter was playing with these coasters that she got off out living room table. They have tacks going all along the edges for design. I noticed she had them in her mouth for a minute or two and when I went to go take them from her I went to check them and I noticed one of the tacks was missing. She didn t seem to choke or anything and there s a chance it was missing to begin with. I ve been checking every stool for 5 weeks, nothing has showed. She seems to be a little constipated but she s also teething and eating different foods so I m not sure if its related. She was sick a week back, for two weeks. But has gotten better so my pediatrician says its not related. She now has a rash on her chest that she s scratching horribly. My question is... It she did swallow a pointy tack, would we know by now?
Your daughter surely didn't have swallowed pointy tack as you are suspecting or at least it has been passed through stool safely. It has been already 5 weeks. If she is not complaining about acute pain in stomach or not passing blood in stool/ blood stained stool or blood stained vomit (that indicates injury in gastrointestinal track) or blood in sputum (that indicates injury inside or around mouth cavity/ throat), there are hardly any chances of tack inside her body. However, if you want you can go for plain X-ray (chest and abdomen) or Barium meal of esophagus, stomach and duodenum to rule out its presence.
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Infant Accidentally Swallowed Small Tack, Is Constipated And Teething, Has Rash On Chest. How Can We Detect Whether She Has Swallowed It?
Your daughter surely didn t have swallowed pointy tack as you are suspecting or at least it has been passed through stool safely. It has been already 5 weeks. If she is not complaining about acute pain in stomach or not passing blood in stool/ blood stained stool or blood stained vomit (that indicates injury in gastrointestinal track) or blood in sputum (that indicates injury inside or around mouth cavity/ throat), there are hardly any chances of tack inside her body. However, if you want you can go for plain X-ray (chest and abdomen) or Barium meal of esophagus, stomach and duodenum to rule out its presence.