Toddler swallows her mother's DIAMOND wedding ring and has to have it surgically removed

A toddler swallowed her mother's diamond wedding ring and had to have it surgically removed. 

The girl's mother couldn't find her diamond ring, but didn't think much of it until her daughter became unwell and started vomiting for 11 hours.

The woman rushed her 15-month-old daughter into A&E in Qingdao, China, where an external examination found no cause for the little girl's symptoms.

But then an X-ray revealed both the location of the mother's diamond ring and the cause for the toddler's illness: the jewellery item was lodged in the child's abdomen. 

Doctors decided to surgically remove it, as they were worried the diamond could be potentially dangerous to the little girl.

An X-ray image revealed that the diamond ring was in the toddler's abdomen

Another X-ray image showed where the diamond ring was inside the toddler's stomach

They also suspected that it would be difficult to pass it naturally without any complications.

Doctors successfully removed the ring in surgery under general anaesthetic. The girl has reportedly recovered well and was discharged from hospital after two days.

It is reported that ingestion of foreign objects in children is most common between the ages of one to three.

The diamond ring that had to be surgically removed after the girl swallowed it

Small, smooth objects may be passed without any complications but even if the affected child has no symptoms, removal of the object should be considered as early as possible.

Little Kazarie Dwaah-Lyder, 2, from London, died 14 months after he swallowed a plastic 'googly eye', which went undetected by an X-ray as it was not metal. 

For just over a year after swallowing the plastic imitation eyeball, the toddler carried on 'without symptoms' until he was rushed to hospital in April last year where he sadly died.

Now, in light of the 'beloved' child's 'unforeseen' death, senior coroner Mary Hassell has written to senior doctors questioning the lack of national guidance on children who are suspected to have swallowed a non-metal object.

Ms Hassell said she had heard evidence that children suspected of having swallowed a non radio opaque object such as a googly eye, and who are displaying symptoms, should undergo an endoscopy - where a camera on a tube is inserted into the patient.