WHEN little Harper-Lee Fanthorpe kept pointing to her mouth, her mum Stacy Nicklin thought she had tonsillitis. But hours ...

Look around your house. Chances are you've got toys and other household items powered by those tiny button-size batteries. What you may not know is that they’re potentially deadly if swallowed. A new ...

A "button cell" battery is held between a thumb and index finger. If small children swallow them, the batteries can get stuck in the esophagus and cause life-threatening injuries. (Stephanie Pilick / ...

Children can suffer serious or deadly injuries after swallowing button batteries, which power a wide range of household items. Physicians say serious injury can happen within two hours, sometimes ...

Reese Hamsmith was 18 months old when she died in December. Trista Hamsmith's 18-month-old daughter, Reese, died in December, two months after Hamsmith discovered her daughter had swallowed a button ...

An Indiana mother is speaking out after her toddler accidentally ate a button battery, hoping to warn parents of the potential household risk. The quarter-sized battery was surgically removed in ...

A mother has told of the devastating moment her two-year-old daughter died after swallowing a button battery that burned ...

Asa was 16 months old when he nearly died after swallowing a button battery from a remote. Now, ahead of his third birthday, his family reflects on a long and challenging recovery that has defined ...

When one of Madeline Dunn's 18-month-old twins woke up screaming in agony, she rushed him to the emergency room and demanded an X-ray Kennedy News & Media When one of Madeline Dunn's 18-month-old ...