When a three-year-old child swallows a dollar coin, if the coin is stuck in a narrow part of the digestive tract, it is unlikely to come out with the feces; of course, it is also possible to come out with the feces.
If a three-year-old child swallows a dollar coin, it is usually passed in the feces in 2-3 days. If the coin is stuck in the narrow part of the digestive tract, the possibility of passing it out with the feces is small, and the foreign body in the digestive tract for a longer period of time will cause a reaction, and in serious cases, bleeding or even perforation of the digestive tract can occur.
Therefore, regardless of whether the coin can be discharged with feces, parents should send their children to the hospital in a timely manner, through imaging means to confirm the location of the coin in the digestive tract, and according to the child’s specific situation to implement the treatment, once the occurrence of gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation, which may threaten the child’s life safety, resulting in serious consequences.