Doctor tells parents to keep kids away from small objectsBy Tsai Shu-yuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerA Taichung doctor on Thursday advised parents to keep children away from small objects after he treated a five-year-old boy who swallowed a metal ornament. Swallowing foreign objects is common among children aged six months to six years, with the most commonly swallowed objects being coins, he said. In most cases, objects are passed within four to six days, but there have been cases where it took three to four weeks, he said. Parents should keep small items out of reach of young children and should remain calm if items are swallowed, Lin said. The first thing a parent should do if their child swallows something potentially harmful is to check that the they are breathing normally.

Source: Taipei Times July 03, 2020 15:56 UTC