医生警告不要给儿童送水珠礼物

这些小塑料珠可以膨胀至其尺寸的 400 倍。领先的急诊医生对一种可能在圣诞节期间送给孩子们的流行玩具敲响了警钟。

Parents and carers are being urged to think twice about giving children water beads, button batteries or magnets this Christmas.

我们敦促家长和照顾者在今年圣诞节给孩子们送水珠、纽扣电池或磁铁时三思而后行。

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) has issued a "safety flash" over the three items, which have all been linked to child deaths or serious harm.

英国皇家急诊医学学院 (RCEM) 对这三个项目发出了“安全警告”，这些项目都与儿童死亡或严重伤害有关。

Water beads are small, plastic beads that can expand up to 400 times their size when exposed to liquid.

水珠是一种小型塑料珠，接触液体后可膨胀至其尺寸的 400 倍。

They are often used in toys, stress balls, sensory toys or art kits, and can also be sold as home decor or vase fillers.

它们通常用于玩具、压力球、感官玩具或艺术套件，也可以作为家居装饰品或花瓶填充物出售。

If swallowed when small, the beads can expand inside a child and cause bowel obstruction - which needs surgery to remove.

如果在很小的时候吞咽，这些珠子可能会在儿童体内膨胀并导致肠梗阻 - 需要手术切除。

They are not visible on X-rays.

它们在 X 射线上不可见。

The RCEM safety flash also highlights concerns about the potential for children to swallow button or coin batteries and magnets.

RCEM 安全闪光还强调了对儿童吞咽纽扣或硬币电池和磁铁的可能性的担忧。

The College said that these gifts could pose a danger to children and vulnerable adults if swallowed.

该学院表示，如果吞下这些礼物，可能会对儿童和弱势成年人造成危险。

Button and coin cell batteries can lodge in the food pipe of young children causing serious harm or death due to a chemical reaction which erodes tissue.

纽扣电池和纽扣电池可能会卡在幼儿的食管中，因腐蚀组织的化学反应而造成严重伤害或死亡。

Indeed a Health Services Safety Investigations Body published a report in 2019 which details the death of a three-year-old girl who swallowed a coin battery without her parents knowing.

事实上，健康服务安全调查机构在 2019 年发布了一份报告，详细介绍了一名三岁女孩在父母不知情的情况下吞下纽扣电池而死亡的情况。

Meanwhile, a previous warning from the College highlights how children can come to severe harm after swallowing super-strong magnets.

与此同时，该学院之前发出的警告强调了儿童吞食超强磁铁后可能会受到严重伤害。

They can be in different parts of the intestine but come together, causing injury and even leading to perforation of the bowel, which requires urgent surgery.

它们可能位于肠道的不同部位，但却聚集在一起，造成损伤，甚至导致肠道穿孔，需要紧急手术。

Dr Salwa Malik, vice president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said, "Any one of these three objects could be found under your tree or in a stocking this festive season, hidden in gifts that are intended to bring joy to a child or vulnerable person, but which, if swallowed, could result in critical illness and the need for emergency medical treatment.

皇家急诊医学院副院长萨尔瓦·马利克博士说：“在这个节日里，这三件物品中的任何一件都可能在你的树下或袜子里找到，藏在旨在给孩子或孩子带来欢乐的礼物中。”易受伤害的人，但如果吞下，可能会导致危重疾病并需要紧急医疗救治。

"As an emergency medicine doctor, I have seen parents holding their child's hand and watching over them while they lay on a bed in an Emergency Department, in need of urgent care because they have ingested one of these items.

“作为一名急诊科医生，我见过父母握着孩子的手，看着他们躺在急诊室的床上，因为他们吞下了其中一种物品，需要紧急护理。

"As a parent, I can imagine how utterly terrifying and a traumatic that would be to go through - for a mum, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, brother, sister and of course, the child themselves.

“作为一名家长，我可以想象，对于妈妈、爸爸、奶奶、爷爷、阿姨、叔叔、兄弟、姐妹，当然还有孩子自己来说，这将是多么可怕和痛苦的经历。

"Having seen the effects first hand, which can be devastating and detrimental, we are asking people to please think twice about the dangers these pose while selecting and gifting presents this season.

“在亲眼目睹了这些影响可能是毁灭性和有害的之后，我们要求人们在本季选择和赠送礼物时三思而后行。

"We are also raising awareness within emergency departments by circulating these safety flashes to ensure our colleagues in emergency departments are aware and informed about the dangers and equipped with the best clinical guidance to treat a child, or vulnerable person should they seek help after swallowing these objects."

“我们还通过传播这些安全警示来提高急诊科内部的认识，以确保急诊科的同事了解并了解危险，并配备最佳的临床指导来治疗儿童或弱势群体，如果他们在吞下这些后寻求帮助。对象。”