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is it possible to swallow battery?
is it really easy to swallow aa or aaa battery or do you actually have to try to swallow it? and if you do how soon would you have the symptoms from it? i was just wondering.
4 Answers
- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
It will burn your mouth. It will hurt your liver, stomac and intestines seriously. _
- ?Lv 68 years ago
Yes you can swallow it but the ingredients used to make batteries are poisonous. So swallowing batteries will make you sick. Different type of batteries have different types of Poisonous Ingredients. They are as follows:
Acidic dry cell batteries : Manganese dioxide, Ammonium chloride
Alkaline dry cell batteries : Sodium hydroxide, Potassium hydroxide
Lithium dioxide dry cell batteries : Manganese dioxide
Symptoms depend on what type of battery is swallowed.
Symptoms of acidic dry cell battery poisoning include:
Decreased mental ability
Irritation or burns in the mouth
Muscle cramps
Slurred speech
Swelling of the lower legs, ankles, or feet
Weakness
Spastic walk
Spasticity
Tremor
Symptoms that can result from breathing in large amounts of the acidic battery, or contents, dust, and smoke from burning batteries include:
Decreased mental ability
Difficulty sleeping
Muscle cramps
Slurred speech
Weakness in the legs
Bronchitis
Headache
Pneumonia
Itching skin
Numbness of the fingers or toes
Spastic walk
Symptoms of alkaline battery poisoning may include:
Severe pain in the mouth
Collapse
Inability to breathe due to the throat swelling shut
Severe pain in the throat
Severe abdominal pain
Diarrhea
Vomiting
Drooling
Rapid drop in blood pressure
- ?Lv 78 years ago
no Idea if you could force down something that big. ever try taking a really big pill? it isn't easy.
anyway, do NOT do this, it will hurt you bad.