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Is It To Be Concerned About Child Swallowing Floor Cleaner?
Hi I m worried that my 18 month old son might have swallowed some dettol surface cleanser - the non bleach one - I was spraying down his changing matt, cott while he was asleep on my bed and went to answer the phone when it rang and then put on some lunch when I returned to the room I found my son up and awake walking around with the dettol spray which I hadn t turned to the off position. he seems to be fine and has since eaten all his lunch - are there any symptoms I should be looking out for or should I take him to the GP
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Is It To Be Concerned About Child Swallowing Floor Cleaner?
HI...the usual symptoms in such cases will be - 1. Fast breathing 2. Respirator distress 3. Vomiting 4. Inability to feed. Usually these symptoms appear 6 hours after the ingestion of the substance. If these appear rush him to the nearest emergency room. Regards - Dr. Sumanth