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Worried about my child!!!!

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samantha_70759
samantha_70759

So my child came to me this afternoon and handed a moth ball that wasnt in its packet, she must have opened it. I asked her if she had put it in her mouth she said no and i asked her if she licked it and she said no. i dont know how she got this as it was well hidden and we have had to use them coz moths come in our house, lay eggs and they are destroying our soft furnishings. What damage can these moth balls have if my children had licked them? the moth ball was still intact but i suspect she 'tasted' it first. the moth balls are called ZENSECT. I am extremely worried.

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  • bronwyn97278
    bronwyn97278 samantha_70759

    Posted

    Hi Samantha;  hae you read the warning signs on the packet....prob is I am in Australia, so this may have happened 24 hours ago??? The best advice I can give you is to ring your local poisons' cnetre, ....they should be able to give you the best advice for immediate action....sometimes it's a glass of milk, then ED...other times it's Epicac and then ED...DEPENDING if it has CORROSIVE ingredients or not...best try Poisons Hotline,  it never pays not to act, (and let me assure you, CHILDREN will try all things, and PRACTICALLY ALL children have)....Bron
    • tiswas24537
      tiswas24537 bronwyn97278

      Posted

      iv just looked on a medical site there seems to be some nasty stuff in them so worth checking with your gp 
    • bronwyn97278
      bronwyn97278 tiswas24537

      Posted

      Hi  tiswas; sorry I think your message should have gone to Samantha....I was replying to her.  Yes, it is always best to go to an ED, just to be sure, as the info I gave her, was for Immediate Actions, and then to ED......Bron
  • mayday35
    mayday35 samantha_70759

    Posted

    I suggest you go to a doctor.  Look up the ingredients also of Zensect. When I was a child I shoved a mothball up the nose of my baby brother.  At that age it was fun. It was many years later that he came down from the bathroom with the mothball in his hand and said he had just sneezed it out!  Ring the makers of the product and ask them about its harm, if there is any, upon contact with mucus.
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