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Button batteries

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Button batteries are tiny, round batteries usually used to power watches and hearing aids. Children often accidentally swallow these batteries or put up them up their nose, where the battery can be further inhaled (breathed in). 


Where Found
  • Cameras
  • Hearing aids
  • Watches
  • Calculators
  • Penlights

Review Date: 05/16/2006
Reviewed By: Eric Perez, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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