Eventually, the child is monitored surreptitiously, so the parent or teacher can see whether or not the child will eat a non-food item if he does not know he is being watched.

If you believe your child has swallowed a foreign object, don’t do this: Try to get the child to vomit. Eat or drink things while waiting for professional help.

Researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus found that between 1995 and 2015, nearly 800,000 kids younger than six-years-old were seen in an emergency room after consuming some ...

CHICAGO — The number of young kids who went to U.S. emergency rooms because they swallowed toys, coins, batteries and other objects has more than doubled, a new study says.

It’s not too surprising that 75% of the people who got sick in this seemingly cake batter-related E. coli outbreak were children under the age of 18 9, as opposed to children over the age of 18 ...

However, if the object is blunt and small, it may pass through the digestive system in a week,” said Dr. Mohamed. Doctors said that if a child has swallowed a foreign object and is not crying or ...