I had to take a child to emergency theatre recently as she accidentally inhaled a button battery. Fortunately, she recovered without sequelae as her parents realised the dangers of battery ingestion/inhalation and brought her into hospital quickly.
Here is some useful information on the dangers of button batteries.
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