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If your child tells you they've swallowed a coin, it may have actually been a button battery. If your child doesn't tell you, ...

Kasey Allen has been raising awareness for the dangers of button batteries after her son swallowed one. He almost died and ...

What puts button battery ingestion at the top, he adds, is how elusive the initial symptoms can be. “They may range from nothing to non-specific signs like drooling, coughing, ...

"Every year there are about 25 episodes of button battery ingestion for which it is necessary to intervene endoscopically or, as in this case, surgically," says Rodolfo Conenna, ...

This year alone, two toddlers have undergone emergency surgery due to battery ingestion in South Australia, and authorities fear the situation could worsen.

"Ingestion of button batteries can rapidly lead to caustic oesophageal injury in infants and children, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality," study authors wrote.

Button battery ingestion can be fatal, the Poison Center added. “I cannot speak to how many, but yes, we have had some deaths here in Oklahoma.” The full release can be read below: ...