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Should I Be Worried About Ingestion Of Bleach?

my 16month old child found a bottle with bleach in it and put the bottle in the mouth. she was not able to get the cap off but it was not well closed so some did get ingested. she coughed and threw up a bit but now seems to be fine. should i still go to the hospital?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hai...bleach is caustic. If she's really ingested by this time lips and tongue would have been red & paindul. But I still suggest you go to an emergency room immediately. Do not feed her anything till a Dr sees your kid. Happy to help anytime. If my answer has helped you...kindly rate it.
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Should I Be Worried About Ingestion Of Bleach?

Hai...bleach is caustic. If she s really ingested by this time lips and tongue would have been red & paindul. But I still suggest you go to an emergency room immediately. Do not feed her anything till a Dr sees your kid. Happy to help anytime. If my answer has helped you...kindly rate it.