i've been watching for it to pass but she's flushed twice before i got there. it happened three days ago. should i be worried? how long should i wait for it to pass before i start to worry? has this ever happened to anyone you know? what was the outcome?
2007-02-15 07:47:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
I swallowed a quarter when I was about that age. I went to the ER for X Rays and they told me it would pass through my system. My mother had me go to the bathroom on the potty training potty and, as gross as it was for her, she would go through my poop. She told me it took about a week. Thank God for mothers! Good luck! It will make a great story some day.
2007-02-15 16:21:47 · answer #1 · answered by pobrecita 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once the penny reaches the stomach, it will almost certainly pass. Signs of a foreign body caught in the throat or esophagus include a croupy cough, hoarseness, difficulty breathing or swallowing. Since your child flushed the toilet after two BM's, you can't be certain the penny didn't come out. The only way to be certain is to take an X-ray. This is usually not necessary since the vast majority pass.
Since the 1980's the US Mint has been adding more zinc to the penny because of the increasing price of copper. Zinc is more toxic than copper. Unfortunately, this is usually an unhelpful factoid. Toddlers don't look at the year of minting before swallowing.
2007-02-15 08:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by greydoc6 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take her to the ER. you do no longer desire to take any opportunities. If she sticks something up her nostril, enable her blow it out, until eventually it is extensive, yet swallowing stuff, and putting stuff in ears no do no longer mess with it.
2016-09-29 04:03:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
itll pass on its own
2007-02-15 08:07:16 · answer #4 · answered by YP 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont woory i had two quaters nothing happened i pooped it
2007-02-15 07:54:06 · answer #5 · answered by Praiser in the storm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋