DS (aged 6) swallowed a marble

[Catastrophic]

Was it just a marble or one of those Magnetic marbles? And only the one?

He will have a sore belly as it passess through i would think, so maybe give him some panadol to help ease that.

Take him to the Dr/Er if he starts to get anymore symptoms: Pain increases/temps/groaning/moaning/guarding... me personally would give 13health or ED a call and explain to them and ask for their advice on what to do right now, they might want you to bring him in.

[Traveller]

Was it just a marble or one of those Magnetic marbles? And only the one?

He will have a sore belly as it passess through i would think, so maybe give him some panadol to help ease that.

Take him to the Dr/Er if he starts to get anymore symptoms: Pain increases/temps/groaning/moaning/guarding... me personally would give 13health or ED a call and explain to them and ask for their advice on what to do right now, they might want you to bring him in.

It was glass, and not magnetic. Phew, at least I don't have to worry about that, I've heard such horror stories about children swallowing magnets and rupturing their intestines.

[Junglemum]

A glass bead about an inch wide with a flat edge? I'd probably take him to get checked out.....

But, i'd mayeb go to GP, and see what they say. They might be able to phone and get you an outpatient x-ray somewhere this morning. Rather than wait at the ED.

[Junglemum]

1300 60 60 24 nurse on call in Vic.

[Junglemum]

This is from the RCH melbourne clinical guidelines:

"Management – oesophageal foreign bodies
Button batteries lodged in the oesophagus need urgent removal.
An object causing total oesophageal obstruction requires removal under anaesthesia.
An object causing partial obstruction where the child is able to swallow saliva successfully and the object has a good chance of passing, may be observed for a few hours. If it does not pass it will need to be removed.
Once the object is in the stomach it will almost certainly pass spontaneously.
If food is thought to have impacted in the lower oesophagus, small amounts of fizzy cola drink may help move it.
Inform parents to return immediately if there is abdominal pain, vomiting, haematemesis or malaena.
there is no place for arranging follow-up visits, repeat X-rays or parental faecal examination. This does not apply to the ingestion of lead foreign bodies which can cause systemic lead absorbtion if they are reatined for more than a few days."

[Traveller]

he'll be delighted if I tell him he needs fizzy cola to move it!

Am off to the 24 hour docs now, as requested by nurse on call. Thanks for the advice, will update later xx

[megs]

Good Luck, hope he is OK

[onthefly]

hope he passes it ok