The surprising treatment hospital specialists prescribed a four-year-old who'd swallowed a battery: eating honey READ MORE: How many steps will our girl with a muscle wasting disease take? By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 08:50 EDT, 5 June 2024 | Updated: 08:58 EDT, 5 June 2024 e-mail View comments Swallow a battery? Medics may advise you to eat like Winnie the Pooh. Such was the case for little Isabella Telford who was given an entire pot of honey to consume by NHS medics after ingesting one from a toy. Swallowed batteries are a serious medical emergency as the devices that power innumerable household devices and toys can burn a hole through the stomach.
An estimated two children are killed in UK each year due to ingested batteries. But common household honey can drastically cut the risk to health as the sweet substance acts as an effective barrier to the battery's corrosive qualities. Isabella, 4, was enjoying a family day out buy needed to be rushed to hospital after swallowing a battery that allegedly fell out of a children's toy Isabella's mother Adele Telford (left), 31, said the moment she learnt Isabella had swallowed the battery she and her wife Emily (right) had to rush her to hospital.
The couple are pictured here with Isabella and one of their other children eight-month-old Everley The light up ring that contained the battery that Isabella swallowed and needed to be rushed to hospital as a result Four-year-old Isabella's ordeal started af.
