Hi I have a 15 month old baby. I suspect she might have swallowed an inch long hair clip which is about 1/4 inch wide. Not even sure if she swallowed it. There are no signs of choking or coughing. It is a hair clip ..metal locked into a plastic sheath. Not sharp smooth at the edges. Please can you advise what should be my course of action
Hello dear, welcome to Chat Doctor forum. Kindly get to the emergency department as soon as possible. If confirmed, it needs observation till the clip is passed out in the stools. Most of the time it passes without any trouble. This can be confirmed by just an x-ray. If no foreign body Is seen in x-ray we can be confident. Take care. Thank you.