A Boy Ate 3 Laundry Pods. This Is What Happened To His Lungs.

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Laundry Detergent Pod ingestion can cause serious injury and fatality. Do NOT eat them and keep them out of reach of children and impaired adults. The purpose of this video is to tell a story and educate. This is based on a true story occurring January 2018, USA.

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References:
Caustic Ingestions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557442/

Caustic Ingestion. Merck Manual. https://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/injuries-poisoning/poisoning/caustic-ingestion

Can Fam Physician. 2013 Dec; 59(12): 1295-1296. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3860925/

https://canadiem.org/tide-pod-challenge-managing-caustic-laundry-pod-ingestion/

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