In our life, full of modern devices that work with the help of batteries, these are children's toys, control panels, watches and many other necessary things. No matter how hard you try, but there are times when our nimble little creatures get to these dangerous elements. Can a child swallow a battery, what will happen, if it happens, and what to do in that case - read below.
The child ate the battery
Let's start with the answer to the question: can a child swallow a battery, fingered in particular? Although this is practically and seems unlikely, but believe me, children can do anything! And swallow a finger battery, including. What can we say then that a child can swallow an ordinary round small battery.
What to do?
So, noticing that there is no battery on the right place, you very quickly and carefully inspect the room. If the battery was not found in the house, then, without losing a minute, call an ambulance. Do not wait for the symptoms of the baby swallowing the battery. In the next few hours they may not be, but the time will be lost. Calling an ambulance, begin to collect things, hospitalization will be necessary.
Now consider a slightly different situation. You have not noticed that the carapace has swallowed the battery, and it does not show you this in any way. In this case, you should be alerted by dark feces, which indicates the beginning of intestinal bleeding. Your actions: quickly call an ambulance and get ready for the hospital.
What is the danger of a swallowed battery?
Under the influence of fluid and temperature inside the body, the battery is oxidized. It is not a secret for anyone that almost all batteries contain aggressive dangerous substances: acid and alkali. After the shell is damaged, these elements begin to flow, touching the child's body from the inside, damaging and leaving burns on the tissues of the stomach and mucous membrane. If you do not remove the battery very quickly, the child may remain disabled. A lot of known and tragic cases, which resulted in the death of a curious woman.
How do they remove swallowed batteries?
In the hospital, first of all, the child will be given an X-ray, which will show where the battery is located, in the stomach or intestine. If it is still in the stomach, then under anesthesia it is extracted with the help of special apparatus. If the battery has already gone into the intestine, they can prescribe a laxative and suggest waiting until the battery itself is released. In the most extreme cases, an operation is performed.
In the end I would like to give a trite advice: do not be lazy and carefully screw all the bolts on the covers that cover the batteries. And from above you can glue everything with a scotch, heated through a rag with an iron, so the child can not peel off the adhesive tape.