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What Should I Do As My 2 Year Old Swallowed A Coin?

My almost 2 year old daughter swallowed a coin 2 weeks ago. I'm not sure if she passed it yet, but she has had diarrhea for almost 24 hours. First yellow and now black. Do you think this is from the coin? An infection? Should I take her to the hospital for an x-ray?
Mon, 3 Aug 2015
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Welcome to HCM, I have gone through you query and understood your concerns, this is a very common occurrence children this age put many things into their mouth in most cases when a child swallows a coin, it makes its way down to the colon and gets stuck in the stool and gets passed out, is very important to check the child stool within 3 days to see the foreign body, but you are not sure if your daughter removed it, I kindly suggest go to the doctor to a proper evaluation and avoid further complications
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Wishing you a good health
Dr Tania Portelles-Driggs
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What Should I Do As My 2 Year Old Swallowed A Coin?

Welcome to HCM, I have gone through you query and understood your concerns, this is a very common occurrence children this age put many things into their mouth in most cases when a child swallows a coin, it makes its way down to the colon and gets stuck in the stool and gets passed out, is very important to check the child stool within 3 days to see the foreign body, but you are not sure if your daughter removed it, I kindly suggest go to the doctor to a proper evaluation and avoid further complications Please kindly rate if my advise has been helpful Wishing you a good health Dr Tania Portelles-Driggs