Button batteries pose serious risk | Toledo Ohio child injury attorney

We live in a world where we are using more electronic products in our households every day. With these numbers increasing, so is the number of batteries being used.

Button batteries are the shiny batteries about the size of a dime that are used in remot controls, watches, musical gretting cards and toys. They are the perfect size  for a child to swallow or to push into their nose or ear. 

Between 2007 and 2009 more than 3,400 cases of button battery ingestion were reported annually. This can be a problem for doctors because children who have swallowed button  batteries may not show any symptoms or have very non-specific symptoms like irritability, fever, cough, poor oral intake, vomiting or those common to a viral infection.

Smaller batteries like those found in hearing aids will usually pass through your system on their own, but larger batteries can get caught, causing more significant injury. The injury to children can be quite serious, including eroding through the esophogeal wall or airway, causing damage to nerves or eroding into a major blood vessel.

If your child has been injured in an accident, you need help. Call our Toledo, Ohio child accident attorneys today. Our Toledo area personal injury attorneys are experienced and will work with you to get you the settlement you deserve.