After eating this thing, a young child's belly swelled like a ball, severe or life -threatening!

Recently, Liuzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital received a child in November and acute intestinal obstruction due to gastrointestinal foreign objects. Doctors have an emergency surgery and take out two "water babies" with a diameter of 3 cm and 2 cm respectively. The child is in danger.

The child was vomiting a few days before the hospital, and his stomach swelled like a ball. The examination found that there were two spherical foreign bodies in the intestines in the child, which "blocked" the intestines. Considering the acute intestinal obstruction caused by the gastrointestinal foreign body, the intestinal tube expansion is obvious, and the intestinal perforation is risk at any time. It must be immediately surgery.

Two hours later, the doctor took two "water babies" from the intestinal tube of the child. "Water Baby" is a kind of water absorption resin. After the water, it will swell several times or even dozens of times. It is widely used in potted water protection and interior decoration. Many children's toy stores are also sold.

▲ Two "water babies" taken out of the operation. Huang Riliang Photo

"The child may be eaten as a candy." Yi Qing, the chief physician of the pediatric surgery of the hospital, said that fortunately the treatment was timely, if these two "water babies" continued to absorb water in the stomach Severe peritonitis, endangering life.

The doctor reminded that children aged 1 to 3 are in the period of intellectual development, lively and active, curious, and they will eat things that parents are unexpected without paying attention. Parents should keep their children away from the environment with buttons, coins, batteries and other items. If you find that your child eats foreign bodies by mistake, he should be sent to the hospital as soon as possible.

Source 丨 South State Morning Post reporter Lan Chaojun correspondent Huang Riliang

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