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Bookmark or Share- Button batteries: The hidden dangers and what you can do to keep your ...According to the American Academy of Pediatrics and poison control centers across the U.S., 3,500 button coin batteries are ingested each year, sending thousands of children to the emergency room.
- Batteries Cause Devastating Injuries | Poison ControlSecure battery compartments and keep loose batteries away from children. While most button battery ingestions are benign, passing through the gut without a problem, in recent years the number of debilitating or fatal battery ingestions has dramatically increased.
- Battery Ingestion (Swallowed Battery) - eMedicineHealthSymptoms of battery ingestion include abdominal pain, irritability, fever, vomiting, dark or bloody stools (poop), and retching. Call the National Button Battery Ingestion Hotline (800) 498-8666 and go to the nearest emergency department immediately.
- Swallowed a Button Battery? Battery in the Nose or Ear?When a battery is swallowed, it is impossible to know whether it will pass through or get "hung up". If anyone ingests a battery, this is what you should do: Immediately call the 24-hour National Battery Ingestion Hotline at 1-800-498-8666.
- Disk Battery Ingestion - StatPearls - NCBI BookshelfThe clinical presentation of disc battery ingestion can vary based on the timing of ingestion, type of battery, and its location in the body. The vast majority of patients presenting with known or suspected button battery ingestion are asymptomatic.
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