Queensland doctors have highlighted the case of a girl who developed a throat abscess after eating a star-shaped piece of Christmas confetti.
has highlighted one instance where a young child suffered serious medical issues after swallowing one of the pointed pieces.Paul Heyworth from the Gold Coast University Hospital and Ryan Shulman from Queensland X-Ray wrote about the case of a nine-month-old girl who was brought to hospital after a choking fit.
An ultrasound revealed the cause - the girl had developed an abscess in her throat which had become infected and which was preventing her from breathing or eating properly."She was diagnosed with a viral upper respiratory tract infection with possible lymphadenitis," the authors wrote.
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