The number of ER visits by children younger than 6 who accidentally swallowed objects nearly doubled between 1995 and 2015, new study finds.
Early development often includes children listening, looking, touching, smelling and tasting their way through their surroundings. The mouth is one of the first body parts thatof, and anything that they can see and touch is often something they can sink their teeth -- or gums -- into.
"This means an average of 99 children per day are going to emergency departments for foreign body ingestion," Dr. Danielle Orsagh-Yentis, a pediatric gastroenterologist and primary author of the study, told ABC News. While most kids who swallow objects have few or no symptoms, swallowing any object has the ability to cause difficulty breathing or choking. Certain objects such as batteries and magnets pose the greatest risk when swallowed, since they could potentially cause burns or tear the lining of the esophagus, stomach or intestine.
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