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child swallow a button cell watch battery smaller thatn a bayer baby aspirin.
What should be done.
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The battery will pass through and your child will suffer no harm. Give him two teaspoons of metamucil and plenty of water or liquids.
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First contact the poison control center and then take the child to the er. I am not sure what is in the battery so better safe than sorry.
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