Parents warned of button battery danger after Summer Steer death inquest

A lithium battery or button battery.
Source: ThinkStockNO ONE knows where little Xia Steer found the battery that killed her. The three-year-
In 2013, elderly people from the Sunshine Coast became the first child in Australia to die from swallowing a lithium battery (also known as a button battery.
The coronary survey of summer deaths, which ended this week, found that the toddler had died because the battery was stuck in her esophagus, causing her to bleed.
It is shocking that one day after the coroner released the findings, a little girl in Sydney was rushed to the hospital for continuous complications due to swallowing the same battery as in the summer. The two-year-
Two weeks ago, the old girl removed the battery from her esophagus through surgery, but yesterday she returned with Dr. John coolota, head of ENT surgery at westmead Children\'s Hospital, struggling to swallow.
Her parents also don\'t know where she found the battery for the first time.
\"Where the battery is, it starts to pierce her gullet (oesophagus)
Dr. Curotta told the news that it started to scar as it healed, so we had to reach out gullet to help her swallow. com. au.
\"We don\'t know how many times we have to do this. She’s only two.
\"Although she has been to the doctor, it was about a week before the diagnosis.
\"This is the problem with the button battery.
No one knows she swallowed it.
This is the problem. You don’t know.
Dr. Curotta is one of more and more health professionals who are trying to warn parents about the dangers of button batteries.
The 4-year-old Summer Steer died after swallowing the lithium battery.
Source: supliedhe said that after swallowing a child, about four children are in the new state hospital every year, and although the number is not large, the risks faced by these children are serious.
The button battery is increasingly used in daily necessities, in the shape of a coin of 10 cents, which is the perfect size that will be stuck in the children\'s esophagus if swallowed.
This is where the danger lies.
What kind of button battery is it?
Of all the batteries, the real danger is lithium.
Ion or button batteries such as CR2025 and CR2032 batteries.
2 cm wide, 2 wide5mm or 3.
2mm thick, about 10 cents.
Button batteries are increasingly used for toys and games, remote controls (
Door included)
, Scales and calculators, watches, flashlights and laser lights, flame-free candles, hearing aids, reading lights and music greeting cards.
Children can plug them into their nostrils, or even into the lower body, but they are usually swallowed, Dr. coolota said. “With one (Swallowing condition)
\"Last year, the battery was taken out of grandma\'s kitchen scale,\" Dr. Curotta said . \".
Pediatrician Dr. Ruth Barker, while investigating summer turn-to-death outside the Brisbane Magistrate\'s Court, was holding a button-cell battery in his hand.
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\"Children\'s toys must have a safe battery box in Australia --
But other things are not necessarily.
So kids can get things from anywhere.
\"They were swallowed and they were trapped there and they wouldn\'t tell anyone --
Old people are embarrassed to say it. young people don\'t know.
Dr Curotta says another danger with button batteries is how powerful they are. “These lithium-ion (button)
\"The battery is a three-volt battery,\" he said . \"
\"Your Old Battery, cylinder, C or D battery --
Standard-are only 1. 5 volts.
So when they are exhausted and don\'t work anymore. . .
Their voltage is a bit low. “With these (
Button Battery)
Typically, when they are no longer working, their voltage has increased from 3 volts to more than 2 volts, so they are still stronger than the old batteries. A lot stronger.
\"His advice is simple, just to keep the kids out of touch with the button battery.
\"If they are on a toy, kitchen scale or remote control at home, they must be safe,\" he said . \".
\"Once they are used, throw them away from the house --
Put them in garbage or into a recycling system (
Security deposit system).
\"But get rid of them and don\'t save them.
\"What will they do to the child\'s body?
Dr. Curotta said that after ingestion, the battery will be stuck in the child\'s esophagus, which usually results in alkali burns.
Saliva in the esophagus, he says, causes the remaining power in the battery to produce an alkali, which then burns through the esophagus.
\"The danger is that it erodes to the aorta, or to another part of the chest, and causes chronic infection and inflammation --
\"It will kill them too, because it\'s around the heart,\" he said . \".
\"It\'s like swallowing (drain de-
Blocking chemicals)Drano.
The battery produces its own little bit of Drano in the surrounding balls and feeds through gullet. The X-ray of a 14-month-
Swallow the button battery and have to remove the old boy through surgery.
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She died in Queensland, where she bled to death because the chemical eroded from the canyon to the aorta.
Basically, it\'s stuck behind the heart and across the aorta, she\'s just bleeding into her Canyon and she\'s dead.
At 2010 in Queensland, a baby boy who swallowed a button-up battery ended up severely destroying three spine S and severely weakening his spine.
Five years later, his parents filed legal proceedings against two hospitals for a delay in battery removal.
Do you know your child swallowed one?
This is a terrible thing.
Many cases of button battery intake, such as summer turns, were not diagnosed within a few days.
The symptoms may be vague, Dr. Curotta said, but they may be there.
\"Sometimes they (the child)
\"I will swallow the liquid, but they will not swallow the food, so they may start to spit out the food or refuse the food,\" he said . \".
\"There may be a little blood when they cough or spit, which can last for a few days and weeks.
The blood may be swallowed and then start to Black in the poop.
\"They may just be generally uncomfortable, have a fever, spit, and cough more.
They are the main thing.
\"Seriously, you can\'t really explain it when there are any signs of blood appearing or passing through.
He said challenge-
Parents and medical staff-
I am testing the battery as soon as possible.
\"If there is a child choking, we have to assume that they are choked by the battery until we prove it is not the case,\" he said . \".
\"Most of them won\'t --
99 in 100 won\'t-
But they do this often and they are very harmful and we have to check all the children to be sure.
\"The little boy from Queensland had his spine corroded after swallowing the button battery during his infancy.
Now that he is five years old, his life activities will be limited.
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If a child swallows a button battery, this is considered an emergency.
It may only take an hour for the battery to start a chemical reaction.
\"Button battery is very urgent.
\"We have to put everything down, clean up the operating room and get them out as soon as possible,\" Dr. Curotta said . \".
He said that in some cases, the battery may be placed in the child\'s stomach, and although it needs to be taken out urgently, there may be more time.
If parents suspect they swallow the battery, they should send the child to the emergency room immediately.
No food or drink should be given to the child and no vomiting should be caused.
What\'s long-TERM DAMAGE?
Removing the battery eliminates the immediate danger.
But as Dr. Curotta saw this week with his little patient, it may not be the end of the story. “If (the battery)
After coming out, they will leave scars, which will always become smaller as time goes;
They tighten like elastic bands, \"he said.
\"So they have to expand, otherwise there may be some difficulty swallowing over time. ”An X-
A child\'s button battery was stuck on his nose.
Source: How about watch battery?
The watch battery may also be a problem, but it is less than the button battery.
Dr. Curotta said that if ingested, the watch battery is usually small enough to pass through the child\'s stomach without causing the same esophageal damage as the larger battery.
But he also said that it is well known that children will plug the watch batteries into their ears and nostrils, where they are still very dangerous.
\"If they were stuck in their nostrils, they would burn --
\"We already have children, and there is a hole in their diaphragm, kind of like addict on cocaine because it\'s worn out,\" he said . \".
He added that cylindrical AAA and AA batteries are less risky for children.
Where are you from here?
On Wednesday, coroner John Heton handed over his findings to the death of a summer drive, suggesting more safety measures to make button batteries less dangerous for children.
Queensland Kidsafe has updated the coroner of two seemingly promising international initiatives --
In order to prevent the occurrence of chemical reactions, the United States is working on a battery coating, while in New Zealand, researchers are working on a color in which saliva becomes bright if ingested.
But Dr Heton says it will take years for these developments.
Dr. coolota agreed.
\"We can congratulate Eveready, Energizer, who has done a lot of work in this area and also Kidsafe,\" he said . \".
\"But having said that, the launch of these products will take several years and we don\'t know how many parallel imports we will import from cheap manufacturers.
\"So yes, it\'s a good idea, but it definitely takes a long time and there are a lot of alternatives.
If the price is higher, people will choose a cheaper option.
\"It will be helpful, but it will not be the answer.