Pediatric Magnet Ingestion with Delayed Presentation: Case Series from Tertiary Center in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Swallowing foreign bodies is common in young kids, especially those aged 6 months to 6 years. Magnet ingestion is a hazardous health issue that extremely jeopardizes the most vulnerable group, children, to risks of intestinal obstruction and worse, perforation. We, hereby, report 3 cases of magnet ingestion in the pediatric age group who had multiple beaded magnets stuck inside their GI tract over a variable period of 1 to 10 months before their presentation to the Emergency

Magnetic menace: safeguarding children from the growing hazard of multiple magnet ingestion

“…Despite initial regulatory efforts, including a lawsuit against the manufacturer and a federal rule finalized by the U.S. CPSC in 2014, subsequent legal challenges in 2016 overturned the recalls. This reversal has led to a renewed availability of these high-powered magnets on the market and a corresponding increase in related accidents worldwide [2][3][4][5][6][7].…”