If more than 24 to 48 hours pass and you do not see the object in the toilet or in your child s diaper or if your child begins experiencing symptoms of a lodged object contact your doctor.
Myntwo year old swallowed a marble.
Other times it s not clear if your child has swallowed something.
This depends on your child s symptoms and what the object was.
You may notice a small item missing or your child may also start experiencing telltale signs.
My husband is a nurse and isn t worried.
If the marble was small enough to be swallowed it is small enough to pass.
My 4 year old daughter swallowed a semi flat marble like gem that people use for outside decorations or plants.
X rays may be taken to help find the object.
Midas tue 15 jul 08 18 09 37.
Help my almost 5 year old has swallowed a marble 10 posts add message report.
My 5 year old swallowed a steel marble from a maze game.
It s been 6 hours and she seems ok.
If 2 days pass and it hasn t reappeared or if she is constipated or.
In some cases a barium swallow test or computed tomography ct scan may be done.
I panicked and called the doctor but they reassured me that it will pass within 3 4 days.
You may be able to wait and see if the object passes through the digestive tract on its own.
The most common way parents can tell if their child has swallowed something is by acute symptoms such as sudden drooling vomiting coughing or chest pain.
Should i be read more.
I feel like everyone posts that their child swallows a marble but there is no ending to the story posted so here s mine.
My 5 years old grandson swallowed a metal marble last week he was taken to the emergency room where the doctors told my daughter to wait until he poops it out by himself well he has not done it.
My husband jsut called to let me know that my son has swallowed a marble.
They may send him to get an xray if the marble has not passed in 24 hrs former nurse 0 4 0.
It will show up tomorrow in her diaper.
The marble could get lodged in the intestines digestive tract since he is so petite.