What causes diarrhea after swallowing a penny coin?
Patient: Hi. My son (7) swallowed a penny on Wednesday night. I brought him to the er to get xray and they said the coin was progressing, watch for the coin, have another xray in 4-5 days. Since then he has had diarrhea so I cannot see anything in the bowl. He has an appointment with his doctor for next Tuesday. He doesn t have any other symptoms. My question is, is the diarrhea something to worry about or are we safe to wait another 4 days for his appointment? Doctor: HI...I don't think this is related to the coin ingestion. It seems your kid is having viral diarrhoea. Once it starts it will take 5-7 days to completely get better. Unless the kid's having low urine output or very dull or excessively sleepy or blood in motion or green bilious vomiting...you need not worry. Regards - Dr. Sumanth