Child drank mould

Tyaysu · 2025-05-16T16:21:06+00:00

I told my 3 year old he could bring whatever toys he liked in the garden into the bath to get him into the bath and so my son brought his golf club My 1 year old and 3 year old was playing in the bath fine and so when I got my 1 year old out to dry him (next to the bath tub) I didn't notice that my 3 year old opened the golf club and started drinking inside.when I looked inside there was loads of black mould in it. He drank quite a lot. Should I take him A and E? Will be be okay?

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Ketryne · 16/05/2025 17:24

I’m pretty confident this is not an A&E matter but you could ring 111 if you’re feeling unsure? Pretty sure you just keep a watch in case he seems poorly.

Realistically, lots of bath toys get black mould in them and lots of kids drink bath water no matter how many times you tell them not to. They can’t all be going to a&e.

GeorgianaM · 16/05/2025 17:24

Stomach acid will most likely destroy any bacteria but he may get the squits tomorrow but I wouldn’t worry unduly.

WonderingWanda · 16/05/2025 17:32

No you don't need to take someone to a&e just in case. Even if, heaven forbid it doesn't agree with his tummy and he throws up you still don't need to go to a&e. He hasn't had an accident and it is not an emergency.

For reference, emergencies are things like not being able to breath, heart failure, seizures, unresponsiveness, uncontrollable bleeding, head injuries, severe burns, severe dehydration, sepsis, meningitis symptoms to name a few. In babies you might add high temperatures which don't fall with paracetamol, not producing wet nappies etc. Obviously not an exhaustive list but usually things which could mean imminent death if untreated. The accident bit is for large wounds which might need stitches / embedded objects, broken bones etc.

User0ne · 16/05/2025 17:49

He'll either be fine or sick. No need for a&e (says the mother of 3 DC who have all done equally disgusting things as toddlers - eating chicken poo, live snails etc)

Umidontknow · 17/05/2025 18:15

WonderingWanda · 16/05/2025 17:32

No you don't need to take someone to a&e just in case. Even if, heaven forbid it doesn't agree with his tummy and he throws up you still don't need to go to a&e. He hasn't had an accident and it is not an emergency.

For reference, emergencies are things like not being able to breath, heart failure, seizures, unresponsiveness, uncontrollable bleeding, head injuries, severe burns, severe dehydration, sepsis, meningitis symptoms to name a few. In babies you might add high temperatures which don't fall with paracetamol, not producing wet nappies etc. Obviously not an exhaustive list but usually things which could mean imminent death if untreated. The accident bit is for large wounds which might need stitches / embedded objects, broken bones etc.

This! So many people waste doctors time at a & e and is partly why the NHS is in such a mess

PotteringAlonggotkickedoutandhadtoreregister · 17/05/2025 18:17

Mould intrinsically isn’t always a bad thing. Blue cheese, penicillin etc….

he might be sick, he might have a dodgy tummy: but a one off bit of mould won’t hurt him.

feelingbleh · 17/05/2025 18:20

He will be fine. He's more likely to end up unwell from sitting in a&e around actual sick people

motherofbantams · 17/05/2025 18:54

We have chickens and my little one ate a poop and regularly tries to drink their water. She may get the runs for a but but all will be well

HRC2020 · 17/05/2025 18:56

WonderingWanda · 16/05/2025 17:32

No you don't need to take someone to a&e just in case. Even if, heaven forbid it doesn't agree with his tummy and he throws up you still don't need to go to a&e. He hasn't had an accident and it is not an emergency.

For reference, emergencies are things like not being able to breath, heart failure, seizures, unresponsiveness, uncontrollable bleeding, head injuries, severe burns, severe dehydration, sepsis, meningitis symptoms to name a few. In babies you might add high temperatures which don't fall with paracetamol, not producing wet nappies etc. Obviously not an exhaustive list but usually things which could mean imminent death if untreated. The accident bit is for large wounds which might need stitches / embedded objects, broken bones etc.

For all the helicopter parents, please read this before taking your child to A&E for a 'just in case'

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BadgeronaMoped · 17/05/2025 18:58

Please try not to worry, keep an eye on himnof course and as PPs have said, you can alwaysring 111 for advice.

My son drank a bottle of water he'd collected from a stream once, he vomited so many times that night, it was never-ending . I made him show me the stream when he'd recovered and it was next to a field full of cows

Hamabeed · 17/05/2025 18:58

Loads of kids and adults drink mould all the time! Inside reusable water bottles especially the ones with straws inside can be v mouldy. Also the inside of taps can have mould. I Milton serialise (like what you do for baby bottles) all the family water bottles and travel cups for tea and coffee every so often but I’m sure we still get plenty of microbes and god knows what.
My DC drank loads from a paddling pool once and was sick but I think that was volume consumed rather than an infection. Don’t worry.

Yerdug · 17/05/2025 19:27

This, everyone, is partly why the NHS is in such a state.

LateLifeReturnee · 17/05/2025 19:35

I drank mouldy orange juice once.

Threw up several times, then it was done.

Still alive 43 years later, but rarely drink orange juice.

CosyLemur · 17/05/2025 21:36

WonderingWanda · 16/05/2025 17:32

No you don't need to take someone to a&e just in case. Even if, heaven forbid it doesn't agree with his tummy and he throws up you still don't need to go to a&e. He hasn't had an accident and it is not an emergency.

For reference, emergencies are things like not being able to breath, heart failure, seizures, unresponsiveness, uncontrollable bleeding, head injuries, severe burns, severe dehydration, sepsis, meningitis symptoms to name a few. In babies you might add high temperatures which don't fall with paracetamol, not producing wet nappies etc. Obviously not an exhaustive list but usually things which could mean imminent death if untreated. The accident bit is for large wounds which might need stitches / embedded objects, broken bones etc.

That's not a blanket list though! With my son who's now 15 any temperature that doesn't lower with paracetamol needs to be checked out in A&E if I can't get an on the day GPs appointment because of a pre existing condition he has. But the amount of times judgy people have verbally abused me for taking him to A&E " for only a temperature" is horrendous!

And I'm not having a go at you personally, it's just posts like this cause the judgyness in others.

No one knows what others are going through and to look at him my son would seem like a normal happy, healthy teenager.

feelingbleh · 17/05/2025 21:50

CosyLemur · 17/05/2025 21:36

That's not a blanket list though! With my son who's now 15 any temperature that doesn't lower with paracetamol needs to be checked out in A&E if I can't get an on the day GPs appointment because of a pre existing condition he has. But the amount of times judgy people have verbally abused me for taking him to A&E " for only a temperature" is horrendous!

And I'm not having a go at you personally, it's just posts like this cause the judgyness in others.

No one knows what others are going through and to look at him my son would seem like a normal happy, healthy teenager.

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But this is where common sense comes in your situation is different so you don't need advice of strangers you know what to do. Like I have tachycardia due to a couple of different conditions so if I posted on here my hr is 180 everyone would be like omg go to a&e but this is my normal and my cardiologist has told me when I need to go to a&e. But obviously if it was a person with no medical conditions and no history of tachycardia they absolutely should go to a&e. This is why I wish people wouldn't ask for medical advice on the Internet and use their own common sense.

Heyheyitsanotherday · 17/05/2025 21:53

I remember having this panic when mine were little. She also drank mold from a bath toy. I Cried at my mum. My mum told me to calm down and she was right, she’s absolutely fine to this day. I bet lots do this. I’m sure your lo will be fine 💕

User3456 · 17/05/2025 22:00

How is he today OP? Hope all ok 💐

Kittyloulou · 17/05/2025 23:50

BadgeronaMoped · 17/05/2025 18:58

Please try not to worry, keep an eye on himnof course and as PPs have said, you can alwaysring 111 for advice.

My son drank a bottle of water he'd collected from a stream once, he vomited so many times that night, it was never-ending . I made him show me the stream when he'd recovered and it was next to a field full of cows

My daughter decided to do this on her Silver DofE expedition! I had to come and collect her on the 2nd day and she was constantly sick on the 5 hour car journey home. Lesson learned!! How she passed Gold I will never know.