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Pilas de botón - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Tragarse pilas

Síntomas:

Si la persona se introduce la pila por la nariz hasta el fondo y la inhala, se pueden presentar los siguientes síntomas:

  • Problemas respiratorios
  • Tos
  • Neumonía (si la pila pasa inadvertida)
  • Posible insuficiencia respiratoria total

Tragarse una pila puede no causar ningún síntoma en absoluto, pero si ésta se atranca en el esófago o el estómago, se pueden presentar los siguientes síntomas:

  • Dolor abdominal
  • Heces con sangre
  • Colapso cardiopulmonar (shock)
  • Dolor torácico
  • Inflamación gastrointestinal
  • Perforación en el esófago
  • Náuseas
  • Sabor metálico
  • Vómitos (posiblemente con sangre)
  • Reviewed last on: 1/29/2011
  • Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Mahajan PV. Heavy metal intoxication. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 708.

Munter DW. Esophageal foreign bodies. In: Roberts JR, Hedges JR, eds. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 39.

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