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My kid ate a plastic gem and it still hasn't come out..should I be worried?!

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2374eleanor · 11/11/2016 16:40

Hello. I'm posting because my 3 year old swallowed a plastic gem (quite big with sticky adhesive on) last Saturday. We've been on poo watch since then and it definitely hasn't emerged. I would have hoped to see it by now and I feel my anxiety level rising each time there is a no show. Initially I was cool with it, I mean kids swallow stuff all the time right..it just feels worrying that it's taking so long. I wondered if anyone else has had a similar experience? I've heard (via google) that it's possible for foreign obects to get lodged in the esophagus and the kid be asymptomatic and also that because it's a plastic gem it wouldn't nec show up on an Xray. Feel a bit freaked out! Thanks for any shared experiences/ advise.

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IamNotDarling · 11/11/2016 16:41

Call 101 for advice.

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Pinkhousealreadyinuse · 11/11/2016 16:42

Yes, go to A&E today, it can become very serious. Go!

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BratFarrarsPony · 11/11/2016 16:42

How big is big?
How can you be sure it hasnt passed through...?
I mean unless you actually sieved his poo, I do not see how you could be certain.
Kids eat and pass all kinds of things...I think the only time to be worried is if they have swallowed eg a nail.

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Star21 · 11/11/2016 16:46

I swallowed a Lego brick at 5 years old, we never saw it emerge from the other end! That was 40 years ago.

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BratFarrarsPony · 11/11/2016 16:47

I once ate all of my mothers 'baking beans' (dried flat white beans) and they all passed through...

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microsnake · 11/11/2016 16:50

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Lake2 · 13/11/2016 11:23

How do you know, have you been literally squishing up poo? I wouldn't worry about it to be honest, I'm sure kids do things like that all the time without their parents noticing. Call 111 for advice if worried

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Ilovenannyplum · 13/11/2016 12:58

Worryingly interested to know how you know it's definitely not passed?

Agree with calling 111 to get some advice though

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Toomanykittens · 13/11/2016 13:14

My DS swallowed two small magnets once. He had to be X-rayed to check that they were stuck together and then again to see that they were moving down the digestive track. I was worried sick about the whole thing and checked his poos religiously (boak). It took 5 weeks for them to pass through!

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