The Ministry of Health warns of the “serious” see “fatal” danger of button cells swallowed by children

TOYS – The government is calling on parents to “be vigilant” about button batteries, which were brought into the homes by the millions with Christmas toys.“data-reactid =” 18 “>TOYS – The government is calling on parents to “be vigilant” about button batteries, which were brought into the homes by the millions with Christmas toys.

Ministry of Health recalled in a press release the dangerousness of its small flat and round batteries arrived en masse again this year in homes with christmas toys. Accidents caused by these can be serious, even fatal. “Data-reactid =” 19 “> In 20 years, button cell batteries have caused six deaths and 51 serious accidents. Ministry of Health recalled in a press release the dangerousness of its small flat and round batteries arrived en masse again this year in homes with christmas toys. Accidents caused by these can be serious, even fatal.

“The ingestion of a button cell is a real emergency,” said the ministry, calling on parents to “be vigilant.” Because “the number of cases of ingestion (…) by young children has increased considerably” over the past fifteen years, with the spread of these small batteries.

Risk of electrical action in the esophagus

at poison control centers over this period. “data-reactid =” 22 “> The consequences are” sometimes dramatic: six deaths (including five young children) were observed, while 51 people presented serious complications over the period 1999-2018 “, adds the ministry that 4,500 calls were made for this reason at poison control centers over this period.

Once swallowed, button cell batteries can get stuck in the esophagus, the duct that connects the mouth to the stomach. The most immediate danger does not come from the products they contain, but from their electrical action in the humid environment of the esophagus.

“Contact a poison control center or the SAMU immediately”

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