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Dr. Vaishalee Punj
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Dr. Vaishalee Punj

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Son Swallow Thermometer Tip Mercury

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Dr. Ivo Ditah MD

a thermometer with a mercury tip broke in my granddaughter's mouth. she spit out the mercury. I threw it out in a ziploc bag and made her rinse her mouth several times. do i need to take her to... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivo Ditah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Diptanshu Das MD

About half an hour ago my 4 year old son broke the mercury thermometer in his mouth. He spit out mercury and pieces of glass. I think he spit out entire quantity of mercury but I am not... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Diptanshu Das ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  Pradeep Kumar MD

Day before yesterday My 6 years old son swallowed mercury from broken thermometer. What to do now is it dangerous. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pradeep Kumar ( Pediatrician)
Dr.  BR Hudda MD

I feel my son (2 years) have swallowed some mercury from a thermometer after taking and breaking it in his mouth. I have immediately washed his mouth. But I don't know whether he have swallowed it or ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. BR Hudda ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Vaishalee Punj MD

yesterday day night accidentally Mercury thermometer broken and Mercury got spilled over my wife face and chest area. She washed herself and now she didn't have any effect because of the spill. we ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj ( General & Family Physician)

Public Forum Discussions

Dr. Gaurav Nigam MD

I found a broken glass thermometer in my home. My son who is 2 yrs. 4 mo. was sick last week and I left it on the nightstand. Today I found it with no tip and no mercury. So it could have broke... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Gaurav Nigam ( Pediatrician)
Dr. A G Shaikh MD

found a broken glass thermometer in my home. My son who is 2 yrs. 4 mo. was sick last week and I left it on the nightstand. Today I found it with no tip and no mercury. So it could have broke... View answer

Answered by : Dr. A G Shaikh ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

In 1996 my son swallowed mercury from a thermometer when he bit it instead of holding it in his ... or deny that mercury from a thermometer swallowed by a baby who was just getting his... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Sameer Jahagirdar MD

dropped a mercury thermometer and it broke, but just the tip spilled-rest of it stayed in thermometer-think I got most of it but teeny tiny bits might be left(floor is made of small individual... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sameer Jahagirdar ( Cosmetic & Plastic Surgeon)
Dr. Anand M I MD

A couple of days ago I was taking my temp with a very old thermometer and the tip broke off. All the mercury in the bulb and in the thermometer was in the back of my mouth and in my panic to get... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Anand M I ( General & Family Physician)