What to do when a child eats a dime

When a child eats a dime, the coin will not mostly pass through the child’s gastrointestinal peristalsis and be discharged through the digestive tract and anus, so don’t be too nervous. After eating the coin must observe whether the child has any clinical discomfort, such as whether there is nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, etc.. If none of them are, just check the child’s discharge every day. During this period, you can give your child appropriate milk or even take lactulose to pass the stool, so that your child can excrete the coin as soon as possible. If the child has the above mentioned clinical symptoms of discomfort, you should take the child to the pediatric emergency department of a regular hospital, which requires a chest and abdominal film to see the location of the coin. If the coin is still in the stomach, it can be removed by pediatric gastroscopy, and if it has reached the colon, it will most likely be expelled by itself. If the obstruction is in the small intestine, a surgical consultation may be required.