These additional symptoms may occur when swallowing a large amount of toothpaste containing fluoride: Convulsions Diarrhea Difficulty breathing Drooling Heart attack Salty or soapy taste in the mouth Slow heart rate Shock Tremors Vomiting Weakness. Before Calling Emergency. Determine the following information: The person's age, weight, and condition The name of the product as well as the ingredients and strength, if known The time it was swallowed The amount swallowed.
What to Expect at the Emergency Room. The person may receive: Activated charcoal to prevent the rest of the poison from getting absorbed into the stomach and digestive tract. Airway and breathing support, including oxygen. In extreme cases, a tube may be passed through the mouth into the lungs to prevent aspiration. A breathing machine ventilator would then be needed. Calcium an antidote , to reverse the effect of the poison. Chest x-ray. ECG electrocardiogram, or heart tracing.
Endoscopy: a camera down the throat to see burns to the esophagus and stomach. Fluids through a vein by IV Medicines to treat symptoms. Tube through the mouth rare into the stomach to wash out the stomach gastric lavage. Children learn to take care of themselves and develop new life habits that we often take for granted. Helping your child learn the skill of brushing their teeth can be challenging—especially when they mistake toothpaste for food.
If your child is eating toothpaste, it can present all sorts of stressful questions: What happens if my child eats toothpaste? Will we have to go to the hospital emergency room? Is it bad to swallow toothpaste? In short, it depends on the type and amount of toothpaste. According to the U. National Library of Medicine , if your child swallows non-fluoride toothpaste, your child will not need emergency attention as those kinds of toothpaste are typically non-toxic.
However, if your child swallows toothpaste that contains fluoride, which is a key active ingredient for fighting cavities , the amount of toothpaste swallowed will determine whether or not you should seek medical attention. However, the National Capital Poison Center reports that if your child swallows a larger amount of fluoride toothpaste, they may experience mild symptoms like an upset stomach.
More serious symptoms could be nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. One thing you can do is give your child water or a snack or beverage with calcium, like milk or yogurt unless told otherwise by a health care provider.
This will help ease a stomach ache as the calcium will bind with the fluoride. Kids toothpastes are also often sweetened with sorbitol, which could have a laxative effect. Additionally, if your child regularly consumes a large amount of fluoridated toothpaste before the age of six when their adult teeth are still developing, they could experience a cosmetic condition called dental fluorosis, which manifests as white streaks on their teeth. If your child swallows a tiny bit of toothpaste, you have nothing to worry about.
If your child swallows a bit more than that, they might get a stomach ache so be sure to give them something containing calcium, like yogurt or milk, to help ease their stomach since calcium binds with fluoride. There is a range of organic toothpaste available, each with differing ingredients to each other, so it is difficult to comment on the group as a whole.
However the toothpaste we use is only one part of our dental health puzzle… If you have a healthy diet and lifestyle, avoid sugars and there is fluoride in the water etc, then an organic toothpaste may suit you fine. All of these factors come into it — best to talk to your dentist about particular products and your individual situation. The latest thing in toothpastes which we am trying at home at the moment, is a Pro-biotic toothpaste.
The idea is a nice one, just as you take Pro-biotics to keep the bacteria in your gut balanced, a Pro-biotic toothpaste aims to maintain a balance of the bacteria in your mouth and around your teeth. The downside is that the consistency is more like mud, it tastes awful and it is very expensive. These things do evolve quickly though so Pro-biotic toothpaste might be one to look out for in the future.
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