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SAFETY INFORMATION (CONT.)
These sorts of symptoms vary or fluctuate, with
the pain increasing and then subsiding.
A specific symptom to button and coin battery
ingestion is vomiting fresh (bright red) blood. If a
child does this, seek immediate medical help.
The lack of clear symptoms is why it is important
to be cautious with “flat” or spare button or coin
batteries in the home and the products that
contain them. Be aware that even used button
or coin batteries may cause injury.
Unfortunately, it is not obvious when a button
or coin battery is stuck in a child’s esophagus
(food pipe). The child might:
• Cough, gag or drool a lot;
• Appear to have a stomach upset or a virus;
• Be sick;
• Point to their throat or stomach;
• Have pain in their abdomen, chest, or throat;
• Be tired or lethargic;
• Be quieter or more clingy than usual or
otherwise “not themselves”;
• Lose their appetite or have a reduced
appetite;
• Not want to eat solid food / be unable to eat
solid food.
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