I am a pediatrician – the best 5 hidden summer risks I hate

Save yourself a trip to ER.

Dr. Megan Martin (@beachgem10), An emergency medicine doctor with four children on their own, calls the best five “strange summer things” you do not like.

Although she admitted that some of these things may be “strange” for anxiety, she also indicated that they are all “preventive” injuries and diseases.

#1: PICNIC POTLUCK

Dr. Martin does not necessarily come to your picnic or your Potluck – but it warns of dangerous food practices that are all very common in these types of gatherings.

Specifically, warning bells look around all those dishes that sit at room temperature – or worse, at summer heat – for hours, with people constantly choosing the shows.

When the temperature is in the “danger zone” – i. Digestive problems with your remains.

Many experts recommend After the base for two hoursJust put small parts at one time and keep the rest in the refrigerator or more cold with ice.

“If your room temperature is higher than 90 degrees, you should shorten your window to leave food to one hour.” South Shore University Hospitaland Previously said the post.

#2: Metal wire barbecue brushes

Wire barbecue brushes Far from harmless – and already sends 130 to ER every year.

Dr. Martin urges people to stop using them, as wire hairs can go to your food, and finally end inside your body, causing injury.

“The worst possible result to swallow the wire roughness by mistake is the development of an abscess (serious infection) and/or bowel hole, which can lead to death,” D. Tonia VarmerEar wounds, nose and throat, which is based in Ohio, previously told Post.

I saw them residing in the back of the tongue and colors – but it is difficult for doctors to define them.

“It may be extremely difficult to find built -in wired bristles,” said Farmer. “It is literally like swallowing and trying to find a needle in a straw pile.”

#3: trampoline

Dr. Martin barely is the first doctor Parents warn of trampoline.

She said, “We see a lot of broken bones, especially the legs, on trampoline,” noting that the documents have been launched with some certain injuries.

The danger is not only about falling – although horror stories are on They die that way. She said that the construction of trampoline on the ground is not enough, as many children said.