After swallowing the button battery by mistake, parents can handle it this way

First of all, take good care of the children and send them to the hospital in time

In animal tests, it was found that the contact between the esophagus and the battery could cause mucosal damage as soon as 15 minutes, and the contact 30 minutes could cause muscle layer damage in the deep part of the esophagus. Therefore, timely medical treatment was the best choice.

Measures before going out

If we find that the bear child swallowed the button battery by mistake, there is no doubt that we should immediately take the child to the hospital emergency department for inspection and treatment. At the same time, some measures can be taken to minimize the damage and provide useful information for subsequent diagnosis, including:

1. Do not induce vomiting;

2. Find out the battery package as soon as possible or bring the same type of battery to the hospital. This time should not exceed 5 minutes (please remind parents here that the battery package should not be discarded randomly, just in case);

3. Confirm whether the child has swallowed other foreign objects by mistake, such as magnets.

4. The National Poison Control Center of the United States recommends that pure honey can be used to minimize the damage of the battery to the esophagus under the following conditions:

5. It is suspected that the button lithium battery was swallowed by mistake;

6. Children ≥ 1 year old;

7. Misingestion time does not exceed 12 hours;

8. Children can swallow and get honey immediately. That is to say, do not delay the opportunity to seek medical treatment because of the search for honey. Sending the patient to the hospital as soon as possible is the most important treatment measure.

The way to eat honey is:

Take 10ml every 10 minutes, six times at most, but do not need too much time interval and dosage in the actual situation;

Honey taken is a regular product on the market;

After taking honey, the battery should still be taken out of the hospital immediately;

Before further examination, do not take any other food or drink except honey.

Why can honey be used?

The purpose of honey consumption is to wrap the battery with honey to prevent or reduce the damage to the esophagus caused by hydroxyl ions generated by hydrolysis [9]. sucralfate has similar effects with honey.

The author believes that from this point of view, neutral viscous substances such as syrup should have similar effects, so if you can't find honey at home temporarily, you can use syrup instead.