5-year-old daughter bites through the mercury thermometer, dad 60 seconds to deal with is very useful, doctor: not used in the hospital

Hello everyone, I'm Wenwen Dad!

Have you ever had a mercury thermometer in your home? If your child accidentally bites and breaks it, do you know how to deal with it correctly? The answer is no, Wen Wen Dad suggested that you continue to read down.

Some time ago, a 2-year-old boy in Zhangjiajie accidentally bit through a mercury thermometer during play, and through CT examination, it was shown that the child had swallowed mercury into his abdomen, and the situation was very critical.

Subsequently, the doctor cleaned the mouth, infusion, gastric lavage, vomiting and other measures to excrete the mercury in the baby's mouth and stomach, so that the boy could turn from danger to safety.

01, the daughter bit the mercury thermometer, and the father dealt with it decisively and was praised

Looking at this 2-year-old boy, Wen Wen's father remembered that when his daughter was 5 years old, she also did such a stupid thing that scared people to death.

That day, the daughter had a little fever, Wen Wen's father took out a mercury thermometer to measure the child's temperature, and after measuring it, he put the thermometer on the coffee table and turned around to pour water for his daughter to drink.

Just pour the water for a while, when Wen Wen's father returned with a glass of water, he found the mercury thermometer in his daughter's mouth, and it was bitten, and the mercury inside flowed out, and part of the mercury that flowed into her mouth was swallowed by her.

Wen Wen's father was terrified and immediately turned on the flashlight of the mobile phone to check the child's mouth to see if the mucous membrane had been cut or there was residual mercury.

Fortunately, the oral mucosa was not cut, but a grain of mercury was found at the right lip, and Wen Wenpa quickly filled it with the cap of the mineral water bottle and poured it into the bottle containing the water.

Then take your child to the bathroom and let him drink water and rinse his mouth! In order to avoid mercury poisoning, Wen Wen's father immediately gave his daughter 1 raw egg white to neutralize the toxicity.

While instructing the people in the family to wear masks and open the windows for ventilation, Wen Wen's father used wet cotton swabs dipped in water to collect the mercury scattered on the ground and put it into a mineral water bottle together, and the whole process was about 60 seconds.

After cleaning up the mercury on the ground, Wen Wen's father was still not at ease, and after changing his daughter's clean clothes, he drove her to the hospital. Through filming, it was found that the child's stomach did gather mercury, which looked crystal clear.

Fortunately, the doctor said that after the child bites through the thermometer, the mercury is swallowed into the stomach, generally will not cause poisoning, one is that the dose of mercury in the thermometer is small, and the second is that the child's oral mucosa is intact, and there is no ulcer in the abdomen, so go back to eat more coarse fiber food, so that the child can excrete itself through defecation.

In the communication with the doctor, Wen Wen Dad told the doctor that he was at home for emergency treatment measures, the doctor listened, gave Wen Wen Dad a thumbs up, and said bluntly: Your first aid measures are very good, every step is in place, in fact, there is no need to come to the hospital.

Before leaving, the doctor instructed that the mercury thermometer is at risk of poisoning after all, and parents must place it properly. According to him, the hospital will receive about 50 cases a year, and most of the patients who are cut off in the body due to improper use of the thermometer are children.

02, indoors, mercury thermometer is broken, what will happen?

Many people may think that a mercury thermometer is just a little mercury, and there is not much harm! As everyone knows, its destructive power is amazing!

Experiments have proved that after a mercury thermometer is broken, if all the mercury evaporates, the mercury concentration in the air of a room with a height of 15 square meters and a height of 3 meters can reach 22.2 mg/m, which is higher than the maximum allowable concentration of 0.01 mg/m stipulated by the state.

Once mercury evaporates in the air, it may enter the human body through the human respiratory tract, digestive tract or skin mucosa, and the symptoms of cough, nasopharyngeal mucosa damage, and edema will occur in the light case; in severe cases, there may be breathing difficulties, chest tightness, dizziness, trembling hands and feet, and even life-threatening.

According to relevant statistics, people who are chronically poisoned and injured due to the broken mercury thermometer every year abound.

But in general, after breaking the mercury thermometer indoors, as long as it is treated in time and maintained indoor ventilation, it generally does not cause mercury poisoning, and parents do not have to worry.

03, the mercury thermometer was broken, so it is safer to deal with it

For mercury stranded indoors

If the child accidentally breaks the mercury thermometer, do not wipe it directly with a mop or napkin, and should open the window in time to pass or use a fan.

Then, using a wet cotton swab, scotch tape or syringe, collect the mercury scattered on the ground and put it in a closed bottle filled with water, avoiding contact.

During the collection process, wear masks and gloves as much as possible, and avoid touching mercury directly with your hands; if conditions permit, you can also rinse the ground with bleach liquid.

Targets skin in contact with mercury

If the skin comes into contact with mercury, rinse with running water in time; if it is contaminated with clothes, it is necessary to take off the clothes in time, and put them into a sealed bag, and write the words "waste mercury" on the bag, and then throw it to the appropriate garbage can.

If mercury accidentally enters the child's eyes, parents can rinse the eyes with plenty of water and then send them to the hospital in time.

Mercury was accidentally swallowed

This is probably the most worrying thing for parents, mercury accidentally swallowed by their children, in this regard, the advice of the China Poison Control Center is:

After the child bites or breaks the thermometer, first check whether the skin and mucous membranes are damaged; if there is no damage, no special treatment is required.

If the skin or mucous membrane is punctured, mercury may enter the subcutaneous or digestive tract, if it is subcutaneous, it requires a doctor to debride it; if it is the digestive tract, it does not need to be treated.

However, in order to avoid mercury poisoning in children, parents need to immediately let their children rinse their mouths, drink milk or egg whites for first aid.

However, in order to avoid mercury poisoning in children, parents need to immediately let their children rinse their mouths, drink milk or egg whites for first aid. The reason is that milk and egg white are rich in protein, which can be combined with mercury in mercury to neutralize the toxicity of mercury and reduce the harm.

But the doctor also clearly reminded that milk and egg whites can only be treated in an emergency manner, and cannot fundamentally solve mercury poisoning. Therefore, when the baby swallows mercury by mistake, parents need to send their children to the hospital in time after doing first aid measures.

Extended reading: The State Food and Drug Administration has officially issued a notice clearly stating that from January 1, 2026, the production of mercury-containing thermometers and sphygmomanometer products will be completely prohibited.

This also indicates that the thermometers that have accompanied us for generations are about to withdraw from the stage of history. Without the mercury thermometer, you can still use an electronic thermometer.

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