A seven -year -old boy needed an open surgery of emergency situations after he had swallowed two powerful magnets from a child’s play that has already raised red flags among safety heads because of fears that it could kill.
Naomi Rivers, 35, had left her son Eli Jepson on 11 May to watch TV in their house in Grantham, Lincolnshire, when she suddenly heard him scream in need.
She found him choking and hurried to help. Moments later he gave in a state of panic-that he had swallowed a Magnet of Kluster, a game that size of large magnetic pieces of size.
“I’m afraid of choking – it was my worst nightmare to life,” said Mrs. Rivers.
In Grantham and the district hospital, an X-ray revealed that the magnets had clamped together in his stomach and then traveled to his small intestine where they got stuck again-with a serious risk of internal damage.
He was transferred by Blue Light ambulance to Queen’s Medical Center in Nottingham, where surgeons carried out emergency operations to remove them.
Warnings have previously been issued about the powerful magnets of the game, which pose a serious risk for children when they are swallowed.
Parents now ask that it is completely banned.
The little boy Eli Jepson who needed an open surgery after taking the magnets
The two magnets that the seven -year -old boy has taken from the popular magnetic game Kluster
Mrs. Rivers reminded himself of the test and said: ‘When we told the doctors that he had swallowed two magnets, a lot happened very, very quickly.
“Because it was more than one, there was a serious risk – they said he needed immediate treatment.”
Surgeons were concerned that the magnets could attract each other through the walls of vital organs or tissue, causing possibly perforations or life -threatening internal damage.
Doctors first tried to remove them with the help of laxatives, followed by an endoscopy – a procedure with a thin, flexible tube with a camera and tools that were passed through the mouth into the digestive system.
When that failed, they tried a key hole surgery – but in the end the magnets could not be separated without opening Eli’s belly.
“They tried it with several instruments and they just couldn’t get it,” said Mrs. Rivers. “Eventually they opened him – the incision was approximately 10 cm or four centimeters.”
Eli spent four days in the hospital after the six -hour operation, but has since fully recovered.
His mother has now thrown the game away and encourages others to prevent them from giving magnets to young children.
The stitches of the seven -year -old boy who show where the surgeons had to make an incision of 10 inches
Mrs. Rivers said: ‘You want to encourage children to play with toys to get them from devices – and then something like that happens.
“My recommendation would be not to have this magnetic toys at all and to inform children about how dangerous they are.”
Kluster is put on the market as a skill -based board game in which players in turn place magnetic stones in a loop of orange string, try to prevent a chain reaction from being activated while the magnets merge.
Mrs. Rivers said that Eli had experimented with the documents before the accident.
“He put one magnet on either side of his hand and in different places on his body to see if they would stay together,” she said.
“Then he told me he wanted to see if they would still be stuck if there was saliva between them – so he put one on the inside and one on the outside of his mouth.
“She joined herself – and then he put them both in his mouth. He said he got the urge to swallow. He choked on because they are just smaller than a mint humbug. ‘
A spokesperson for the Game manufacturer, Borderline Editions, said: ‘Kluster is a board game, no toys and is intended for players of 14 years and older.
The mother Naomi Rivers, 35, with her seven -year -old son Eli Jepson who needed the operation
The game, Kluster, by the manufacturer Borderline Editions, that the magnets of
“The box clearly shows a” 14+ “logo together with the warning:” This is not a toy. Recommended for children aged 14+. Warning: Sickling danger.
“This product contains magnets. Charged magnets can cause serious injury. Find medical help immediately if magnets are swallowed or inhaled”. ‘
They added: ‘The box contains a folder in several languages that emphasize that small magnets can be for young children if they are taken.
‘As far as we know, this is the first such incident in which Kluster is involved in the six years since the game was released on the market.
“As a publisher, we cannot emphasize enough how important it is to follow the safety instructions and age restrictions.”
While the game is allowed in the UK, it was recalled In Canada for solving an intake danger, in 2023.
In the recall, the Canadian government said that it had not chopped the country criteria of the countries: ‘Small, powerful magnets can easily be swallowed by children of all ages, so that serious and potentially life -threatening risks are held.
‘When more than one powerful magnet is swallowed in a short period, the magnets can attract each other while moving through the intestines. This can cause the intestines to run, creating blockages or cracks of the intestinal walls. ‘
However, the recall added: “From December 21, 2023, the company did not receive any reports of incidents or injuries in Canada.”
Similar games with magnets are forbidden in America and Australia for fear of suffocating dangers.
A magnetic From different names that were sold exclusively on Temu.com by Outad -Good Life, was recalled in the US in June 2024.
The games are sold in a blue box with the words ‘magnetic’, ‘magnetism’ or ‘magnetism intelligence strategy game’ at the front of the box.
In the recall, the American watchdog said: ‘When powerful magnets are swallowed, the magnets taken may attract each other or another metal object and record in the digestive system.
“This can lead to perforations, turning and/or blockade of the intestines, infection, blood poisoning and death.”
In the meantime, Yesterday In the United Kingdom, a magnetic effect of chess intelligence strategy that was sold via Tiktok was urgently recalled.
The last recall was about the fear that it was a serious risk of injuries and the product has since been removed by the online marketplace.
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