2 Year Old Swallowed Marble

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2 year old swallowed marble. Your grandson would first need an x ray to determine if the marble is still there. Last updated on mar 23 2020. Midas tue 15 jul 08 18 09 37. Young children and sometimes older children and adults may swallow toys coins safety pins buttons bones wood glass magnets batteries or other foreign objects.

It s the size of a marble and who knows what metal it was made out of but it finally passed about 5 days later. Magnets can be dangerous when swallowed especially if two or more are swallowed. My husband jsut called to let me know that my son has swallowed a marble. It s been 6 hours and she seems ok.

If the swallowed object is not a button battery or multiple magnets and your child does not display any symptoms your doctor may prescribe a wait and see approach and monitor the object s progress using x rays or other imaging tests. Should i be read more. For those reading and waiting for something to appear. What is a swallowed object.

If you are concerned that your child may have swallowed something poisonous call poisons information centre 13 11 26 in australia. Called nhs direct but they cannot talk to me because i am not with son. My 4 year old daughter swallowed a semi flat marble like gem that people use for outside decorations or plants. My 5 1 2 year old daughter swallowed a plastic marble from a game.

My husband used a strainer to scoop the poop out and then ran it under hot water. Foreign objects usually take about one to two weeks to pass through the system. My husband is a nurse and isn t worried. I finally was able to breathe a sigh of relief after being on poop watch for 4 days.

3 days later the marble appeared. We did get her x rayed and it had not gotten to the stomach yet but luckily a muscle relaxant opened the esophageal valve enough to get it down. It passed through in 4 days. Help my almost 5 year old has swallowed a marble 10 posts add message report.

It could ve come out unnoticed. My 5 year old son swallowed a marble a few months ago.