What to do if you swallow a small steel ball

Small steel ball swallowed into the stomach inside the first to go to the hospital to improve the abdominal X-ray film to clarify the situation, and then according to the results of the examination can be observed or surgery.
1. Observation: If the steel ball smooth and not ruptured, generally will not cause damage to the mucous membrane, but also rarely cause damage to the gastrointestinal tract, to the hospital to improve the abdominal X-ray to clarify the situation, you can first observe, the steel ball may be through the digestive tract with the feces discharged out of the body, if has not been discharged in a timely manner to seek medical attention.
2. Surgery: if after a period of time the steel column has not been discharged from the body, but also appeared in abdominal pain, fever and other symptoms, consider the possibility of infection, timely medical care, improve the blood routine, abdominal radiographs and other tests to clarify the diagnosis, if necessary, surgical treatment.
In daily life, we should try to avoid the occurrence of the above situation, and consult the hospital in time after the occurrence.