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Suggest Cause And Remedy For Slight Coughing

If my 8-month old son *may* have swallowed a piece of gas from a gas lamp OR a drop or two of the actual gas, what should I do? He didn t cough when it happened and hasn t been behaving any differently. I didn t find any oil/cuts on his body/hands/mouth. But when i saw him, he was on the floor bagging up a gas lamp that my dad had left out behind the couch. Now he s asleep and coughing, but I m not sure of it s in correlation to what happened with the lamp or because he has sinusitis and had a bit of a cough anyway.. What to do??
Wed, 10 Sep 2014
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Hi, I think any gaseous igestioin would have the possibility of developing into a chemical pneumonitis. There is no possibility of taking it out using antidotes. No stomach wash to be given. Only thing that has to be done is take an X- ray chest and then observe the kid for 24 hours and again repeat an x-ray or if some symptoms develop then do accordingly. For all this ideally I would suggest that you visit your paediatrician and he\she would be able to interpret accordingly.
Bye, Tc.
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Suggest Cause And Remedy For Slight Coughing

Hi, I think any gaseous igestioin would have the possibility of developing into a chemical pneumonitis. There is no possibility of taking it out using antidotes. No stomach wash to be given. Only thing that has to be done is take an X- ray chest and then observe the kid for 24 hours and again repeat an x-ray or if some symptoms develop then do accordingly. For all this ideally I would suggest that you visit your paediatrician and he\she would be able to interpret accordingly. Bye, Tc.