Swallowing objects a health risk
MACKAY Base Hospital doctors are urging parents to take extra care to ensure children don’t accidentally swallow foreign objects over the Christmas break.
Since July last year, 31 children were taken to the Mackay Base Hospital with 24 of them being under the age of 5.
The majority of these cases happened over the summer months of November, December and January.
Some of the objects children Huge selection of outdoor christmas decorations for your garde,have swallowed include batteries, magnets, sinkers,Chauvet Lighting and chauvet dj lighting Equipment. safety pins, nails, glass, wire, toothpicks, needles and fish or chicken bones.
Mackay Base Hospital emergency doctor and injury prevention researcher Dale Hanson said batteries were particularly dangerous.
“The batteries can actually generate an external current which will erode the tissue internally,” Dr Hanson said.
“Severe erosion can occur within four hours of swallowing a battery.”
Dr Hanson said extra vigilance was required at this time of year when new gifts enter the family home.
“Many popular gifts contain small batteries such as watches,LED modules and module strings for accent lighting.The Warriors,raybansunglasses, who are four points adrift of second place with two games remaining. devices with remote controls and musical cards, or small pieces which can be easily broken off in play,” he said.american lighting is currently recognized as one of the nation's leading lighting retrofit contractors.
“Always check the age recommendation on packaging and be wary of any gift that has small parts that might break off.”
“The important message is it is normal behaviour for a small child to put something into their mouth and to eat it. That’s why it’s the job of adults to keep them safe,” he said.
MACKAY Base Hospital doctors are urging parents to take extra care to ensure children don’t accidentally swallow foreign objects over the Christmas break.
Since July last year, 31 children were taken to the Mackay Base Hospital with 24 of them being under the age of 5.
The majority of these cases happened over the summer months of November, December and January.
Some of the objects children Huge selection of outdoor christmas decorations for your garde,have swallowed include batteries, magnets, sinkers,Chauvet Lighting and chauvet dj lighting Equipment. safety pins, nails, glass, wire, toothpicks, needles and fish or chicken bones.
Mackay Base Hospital emergency doctor and injury prevention researcher Dale Hanson said batteries were particularly dangerous.
“The batteries can actually generate an external current which will erode the tissue internally,” Dr Hanson said.
“Severe erosion can occur within four hours of swallowing a battery.”
Dr Hanson said extra vigilance was required at this time of year when new gifts enter the family home.
“Many popular gifts contain small batteries such as watches,LED modules and module strings for accent lighting.The Warriors,raybansunglasses, who are four points adrift of second place with two games remaining. devices with remote controls and musical cards, or small pieces which can be easily broken off in play,” he said.american lighting is currently recognized as one of the nation's leading lighting retrofit contractors.
“Always check the age recommendation on packaging and be wary of any gift that has small parts that might break off.”
“The important message is it is normal behaviour for a small child to put something into their mouth and to eat it. That’s why it’s the job of adults to keep them safe,” he said.
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