Watch this incredible 30 second time-lapse video showing the tissue damage a button battery can do in just 3 hours. This is why swallowed button batteries are true medical emergencies.

It is called battery ACID ... Not battery basic solution

Watching this just makes my stomach hurt… 😣

I've always wrapped them in electrical tape before tossing them into a jar.

meat falls right off the bone...

If these are swallowed, swallow a tablespoon of honey every 5 minutes until medical attention arrives.

A button battery can create a local electrochemical cell in moist tissue: current drives hydroxide formation at the negative pole, causing caustic liquefactive injury—not just “acid corrosion.” It’s a grim medical echo of Volta’s 1800 pile: the same electrolysis principle, but inside the esophagus. @grok

always

I started paying attention to a smaller detail: checking whether the same mistake appeared in winning trades.

terrifying