December 26, 2019
We were also wondering if anyone else at other medical centers
That’s really the risk of these button batteries.Many battery ingestions in
small children occur after a battery is dislodged from a product not intended
for children, such as a watch, hearing aid, or adult electronic device, said
Gurevich.
Once we connected with our colleagues in Denver, Colorado, who also
had a child with a similar injury, we knew this needed to reach the medical and
lay public communities,†said Gurevich, who is a pediatric gastroenterologist at
Steven & Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New
York."However, the focus was not particularly on ingestion risk, which is the
most dangerous risk of any related to this toy if there is a button battery
involved,†he said.
Gurevich and his colleagues described the two children’s
cases in the Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition."It is
important for caregivers to evaluate what objects around the house are not
intended for child use, but could be reached by kids and lead to accidental
ingestion,†he said.One child required emergency surgery to remove a piece of
the broken toy, including a one-inch button battery, and remained in the
hospital for nearly three weeks.â€
Athos Bousvaros, a pediatric
gastroenterologist at Boston Children’s motorcycle
batteries producer Hospital who coauthored an editorial published with the
report, told Reuters Health by phone, "Most button batteries have warnings,
they’re difficult to open up and people are aware of them.â€A swallowed battery
could potentially tear a hole in the esophagus connected to the aorta, and the
child could bleed to death, said Bousvaros."Any toy, and just as important any
household object, that is powered by a button battery can be dangerous in the
hands of children,†Gurevich said.S.
We were also wondering if anyone else at
other medical centers around the country has seen ingestion injuries from fidget
spinners.Dr.One child swallowed the central disk cap of a broken fidget spinner,
including a small button battery, while the other youngster swallowed a battery
released from a damaged disk.â€With toys, it’s important to check the compartment
housing the battery to make sure it is completely secure and the battery cover
is tight, without chance of being removed by the child, said Gurevich."After
treating our 4-year-old patient with significant injury (from) ingestion of a
fidget spinner disc containing a button battery, we were immediately of the
mindset that this was an important advocacy opportunity because of how common
this toy is in households with kids of all ages, and how poorly marked many of
the toy’s packaging is regarding any warnings,â€
Dr.Reports of isolated
non-ingestion injuries related to use and misuse of fidget spinners had already
led the U.The fidget spinner is a toy made of metal or plastic and consists of a
central bearing surrounded by three arm-pods, which rotate around the center.
Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay) Swallowed button batteries from
flashing "fidget spinners†can lead to severe injuries in young children,
doctors warn. A new report details two cases in which young children suffered
burns to the esophagus after ingesting batteries from the toys. Some types of
fidget spinners include light emitting diodes (LED) that run on button
batteries. Yoseph Gurevich told Reuters Health in an email. "In the worst case
scenario, which none of these cases had, you get the feared complication of the
aorta-esophageal fistula, which is a well known, though rare complication of
button batteries ingestion and almost always results in death.
But it sounds
like with these cases of fidget spinners, the spinners were easy to break, the
batteries were inside, (and) there wasn’t any warning about the battery.One
child required emergency surgery to remove a piece of the broken toy. Basically
it’s very severely caustic,†he said. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
to issue formal public safety tips related to its use, said Gurevich. "If it is
in the house and not in a locked cabinet or drawer, children will find it
Posted by: motaatteries at
07:26 AM
| No Comments
| Add Comment
Post contains 659 words, total size 5 kb.
13kb generated in CPU 0.0053, elapsed 0.0247 seconds.
33 queries taking 0.0206 seconds, 46 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.
33 queries taking 0.0206 seconds, 46 records returned.
Powered by Minx 1.1.6c-pink.