They’re probably talking about magnet ball toys, which would mean it’s probably the parents’ fault. It’s a toy NOT meant for young children. I’m just speculating. Do not take this comment seriously.
Edit: OH shit. I didn’t catch the teenager part. I’m still guessing magnet ball toys. It would be pretty difficult to swallow that many magnets unless they were that toy.
Now I’m curious. Why do you think they would do that at their age? All I can think of is Pica.
The 5mm x 2mm magnets had attached and aligned in 4 distinct rows, in different areas of the intestines, and the rows had attached to each other between the different areas of the intestines, causing some intestinal necrosis which had to be removed as well.
I’m pretty sure they weren’t magnets within toys, but rather just the plain magnets by themselves. Neodymium magnets no less, the powerful modern ones.
Kinda helps to read the article yo, but yeah the kid did a real dumdum there, almost like they were looking for the most excruciating Darwin Award.
Nah, dog. They should be banned in toy form. I’m not the other guy. They should be used for educational purposes in controlled environments or for industrial use, not around young children or I guess, teens now.
Meh, I was playing with magnets in kindergarten. Supervised of course though, both at home and in school, but even if I wasn’t supervised, I never felt the urge to eat them (or eat Lego or other random non-edible stuff for that matter).
Magnets are a strange wonder that tends to perk our natural human curiosity. While I totally agree that kids shouldn’t handle magnets unsupervised, still the kid was 13?! I’ll never understand it, but there is the condition called Pica, basically the urge to eat random non-food items…
I have no idea really, but bigger questions come to mind, like does the kid already have a history of eating stupid things, why did they eat so many, how did the kid order them from Temu, did the parent(s) approve the order, how did they get into New Zealand where they’re apparently banned…?
They’re probably talking about magnet ball toys, which would mean it’s probably the parents’ fault. It’s a toy NOT meant for young children. I’m just speculating. Do not take this comment seriously.
A teenager is not a toddler.
Yeah?
Edit: OH shit. I didn’t catch the teenager part. I’m still guessing magnet ball toys. It would be pretty difficult to swallow that many magnets unless they were that toy.
Now I’m curious. Why do you think they would do that at their age? All I can think of is Pica.
The 5mm x 2mm magnets had attached and aligned in 4 distinct rows, in different areas of the intestines, and the rows had attached to each other between the different areas of the intestines, causing some intestinal necrosis which had to be removed as well.
I’m pretty sure they weren’t magnets within toys, but rather just the plain magnets by themselves. Neodymium magnets no less, the powerful modern ones.
Kinda helps to read the article yo, but yeah the kid did a real dumdum there, almost like they were looking for the most excruciating Darwin Award.
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You’re right. Let me see if there is a magnet toy that is similar, but more disc like. Also, they’re magnets that are toys. Not magnets within toys.
Found it:
Ah, yeah I get what you mean by toys, yeah they can definitely be fun to play with, responsibly though!
The kid is lucky to be alive, but they just had to learn an obvious lesson the hard way huh? 🤦
Nah, dog. They should be banned in toy form. I’m not the other guy. They should be used for educational purposes in controlled environments or for industrial use, not around young children or I guess, teens now.
Meh, I was playing with magnets in kindergarten. Supervised of course though, both at home and in school, but even if I wasn’t supervised, I never felt the urge to eat them (or eat Lego or other random non-edible stuff for that matter).
Magnets are a strange wonder that tends to perk our natural human curiosity. While I totally agree that kids shouldn’t handle magnets unsupervised, still the kid was 13?! I’ll never understand it, but there is the condition called Pica, basically the urge to eat random non-food items…
I have no idea really, but bigger questions come to mind, like does the kid already have a history of eating stupid things, why did they eat so many, how did the kid order them from Temu, did the parent(s) approve the order, how did they get into New Zealand where they’re apparently banned…?
🤷
At least the kid is still alive. 👍