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Is Swallowing Of Toy Piece By A Child Harmful To His Health?
8 year old boy chewing on his toy laser pistol and swallowed a bit about 2.5cm in diameter and 2cm long, started to choke his older sister (I was out) helped by hitting his back and he swallowed it down. I am a little concern about how big it is. he felt fine,and a few hours later has gone to bed now sleeping.
Mon, 12 Sep 2016
foreign body ingestion is common at this age group, since the object is not radiopaque which means it cannot be located by x-ray ,
development of symptoms by the child direct doctors what to do
if this toy has no sharp edges and has magnetic piece in it and smaller than 4 cm , it can pass through stools within a day or two with subsequent consequences
if you kid start to have abdominal pain especially below his mid chest , that means it got stuck at the esophagus and must be removed by endoscopy
I hope this helps
development of symptoms by the child direct doctors what to do
if this toy has no sharp edges and has magnetic piece in it and smaller than 4 cm , it can pass through stools within a day or two with subsequent consequences
if you kid start to have abdominal pain especially below his mid chest , that means it got stuck at the esophagus and must be removed by endoscopy
I hope this helps
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