Doctors rescued: four-year-old girl swallowed a battery

In the Primorsky Territory, doctors of the Dalnegorsk hospital extracted a swallowed battery from the stomach of a four-year-old girl. The incident was reported by the regional Ministry of Health.

Parents took the child to a medical facility after the girl herself told that she accidentally swallowed the battery.

During gastroscopy, experts found in the upper part of the stomach a flat round battery with a diameter of 1.2 centimeters. The foreign object was carefully removed using special biopsy forceps.

Doctors note that when a battery enters the stomach, there is a danger of a chemical burn: the contents of the stomach can react with metal.

The girl underwent the medical procedure satisfactorily. After assistance, she was released home.

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