Toddler Swallowed Plastic Marble

A swallowed object that blocks the airway is a true medical emergency.

Toddler swallowed plastic marble.

If your child has swallowed a smooth object that is smaller than a quarter and has no symptoms contact your doctor to decide the best course of action. Take your child to the emergency room. Although from your description it seems that he may have swallowed the object d and it is likely that it will pass out of his system naturally do ring a amp e and have a chat with the medical officer on duty as there is a possibility that it may still be lodged in his oesophagus food pipe. 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.

Many children swallow small objects that pass through their digestive system and are eliminated a few days later. We can check that off our been there done that list. If the rock gets caught in his airway he might cough gag or wheeze. Rachel did that one a couple of years ago.

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. In other instances the rock your child swallowed can cause problems and you ll need to be on the lookout for them. When a child swallows a marble coin lego or other items that is not food the item is referred to as a foreign object. The most popular foreign object for children to swallow are coins.

They will see if your child s intestines are blocked and they need to take it out. In the future keep anything that can fit inside a toilet paper tube away from him. You may be able to wait and see if the object passes through the digestive tract on its own. If the person is not breathing call 911 for this medical emergency immediately.