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What To Do If Your Child Swallowed Mercury From A Thermometer

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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. Grzegorz Stanko MD

I just used an old thermometer. Must have already been broken. Needless to say the ball of mercury went right down my throat? Anyone know what will happen if anything? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Grzegorz Stanko ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  BR Hudda MD

I feel my son (2 years) have swallowed some mercury from a thermometer after taking and breaking it ... not. What shall I do? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. BR Hudda ( General & Family Physician)
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... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivo Ditah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)
Dr. Vaishalee Punj MD

yesterday day night accidentally Mercury thermometer broken and Mercury got spilled over my wife ... also cleaned all our clothes and living room. Due you think is there anything that we have to... View answer

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

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Dr. Emilda Belortaja MD

my grandson chewed on a thermometer case that unfortunately contained a mercury thermometer. When I removed the case from his mouth I realized that it contained a... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Emilda Belortaja ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Veera Raghava Rao. Buddha. MD

3 days ago my 3 yr old swollowed the mercury from a glass thermometer . she was taked to the ER and released to go back home. This AM she has a temp. of 94 degrees. Should I... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Veera Raghava Rao. Buddha. ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Aimen Nasir MD

Hello, a thermometer broke while a child tried to pry ice out of ice dispenser in freezer......my ... has had a terrible taste in her mouth and throaght. We don t know if... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aimen Nasir ( 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... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.       Harry Maheshwari MD

6:30 this AM, my son broke the mercury thermometer in his mouth. he spit the mercury in his mouth but i m not sure if he swallowed some of it. I brought him to the hospital this... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harry Maheshwari ( Dentist)