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Dicing with death: The top 10 things kids put in their mouths
Other people’s medications, button batteries and magnets rounded out the top five, representing the more serious items ingested, new data shows.Sharp objects, such as small pieces of glass and plastic, are also commonly put into little mouths and swallowed, along with marbles, fish bones and jewellery, such as ear rings.About five children end up in the QCH’s emergency department weekly after swallowing something they should not have.While in many cases, the swallowed objects will move through a…
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