Battery Ingestion Symptoms

Battery ingestion may not be obvious or symptomatic until harmful conditions develop. Thus, medical history and x-ray findings become exceedingly important for diagnosis.

• The person who has swallowed a disk battery may have 1 or more symptoms.
  
  
  • Vomiting
    
    
  • Retching
    
    
  • Abdominal pain
    
    
  • Low-grade fever
    
    
  • Irritability
    
    
  • Persistent drooling
    
    
  • Difficulty breathing if the battery is blocking the airway
    
    
  • Rash from nickel metal allergy
    
    
  • Dark or bloody stools

• Although mercury-containing cells tend to fragment, no clinical cases of mercury poisoning have been reported. Signs of mercury poisoning are lethargy, excitement, rash in the diaper region, or tremors.