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Suggest Remedies For A Child Swallowing A Chicken Bone

I have a child that is almost 3 years old that was eating a chicken leg. Upon examining his plate to see if he needed anything else I realized that there was part of the chicken bone broken off and missing. When I asked him where it went he said it was in his mouth and he ate it. He had already swallowed the food so I don't know exactly how much he swallowed or if it was a small broken piece that he possibly chewed. Do I need to take him to the emergency room?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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taking a child to emergency room depends when your child ingested the foreign body , where it is located in gut and what type and how large was the foreign body.

in your case child ingested a chicken bone , it is small in size can be sharp or blunt, has not caused any symptoms like vomiting , pain, or difficulty in swallowing at any time. so its not of emergency. but position of chicken bone has to be looked in gut by a chest and abdominal x ray.
if it is still (after 2 hours of ingestion) in upper gut esophagus it has to be removed by endoscope. if it has not crossed stomach after 3 days it has to be removed . if it has crossed stomach it will pass by itself in stool. So please get the xrays done.
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Suggest Remedies For A Child Swallowing A Chicken Bone

taking a child to emergency room depends when your child ingested the foreign body , where it is located in gut and what type and how large was the foreign body. in your case child ingested a chicken bone , it is small in size can be sharp or blunt, has not caused any symptoms like vomiting , pain, or difficulty in swallowing at any time. so its not of emergency. but position of chicken bone has to be looked in gut by a chest and abdominal x ray. if it is still (after 2 hours of ingestion) in upper gut esophagus it has to be removed by endoscope. if it has not crossed stomach after 3 days it has to be removed . if it has crossed stomach it will pass by itself in stool. So please get the xrays done.