19-month-old girl burns badly, losing part of her mouth because of charging the phone

The baby was burned by the charger, almost lost his lips because of parents' habit of throwing away phone chargers.

A little girl living in the US state of Kentucky has just luckily escaped death when she put her phone charger in her mouth

According to her mother Courtney N Davis, the incident just happened on September 28. Normally, Courtney was always careful to charge the phone out of the reach of her little girl. But that day, she forgot and left the phone charger near her child. The bad thing is that the charger is still plugged in. Curious, the little girl grabbed this cord and stuffed it into her mouth, electric current burned one side of her mouth causing severe burns.

Soon after, the Courtney and his wife took their daughter to the hospital for emergency. But the doctor could not apply any medicine to the burn, for fear that she would lick it.

Courtney said; “Just for a few seconds and her lips burned. She never touched the charger before, but that day she stuffed the charger into her mouth. ”

Baby burns due to the charging cord, initially a burn burns in the corner of the mouth

According to photos Courtney shared on her personal facebook page, at first the burn burned a part at the corner of her mouth, but days later, the burn sores and became worse, making her mouth look very worthy. scared.

The burns began to spread at night

“I hope everyone should be fierce in protecting their children with the simplest action that is not to throw the phone charger around. I am not going to talk about this as I will definitely receive a lot of criticism, but I still decided to still post photos of my daughter's electrocution caused by the phone charger that is still plugged into the socket. Luckily for my daughter, she didn't lose her life, but the pain and ulcers were spreading more and more on the rim of her mouth because of the electric burn that made me more painful. Everyone be careful, do not take these warnings lightly, do not let your children suffer because of your inadvertence. " - Ms. Courtney N David lives in Kentucky, USA, the 19-month-old girl's mother was burned, posted on her personal page like that to alert other parents.

Burn condition on 4th day

The condition of the burn on the 6th day ...

Burn condition on the morning of the 6th

Courtney's article when it was published immediately made many people with young children feel extremely confused and pitied for Courtney's little girl. The article received a lot of comments and shares from mothers with other children, because many people have the habit of throwing their phones around.

A phone charger is familiar to adults but can be very dangerous for children. Because active children often put anything they can hold into their mouths. If the charger is still plugged in, the risk of electric shock is extremely great. Not only charging the phone but also other electrical devices in the house are also at high risk of causing accidents. Therefore, parents need to be very careful with electrical appliances if there are small children in the house.

Electrical safety notes cannot be ignored:

- Design electrical outlets, power sources at high level, out of reach of children.

- Electrical equipment such as dryers, irons, phone chargers, computers, etc., immediately unplug when used and store it neatly in the correct place.

- If the outlet in the designer is in the low position, it is advisable to use socket covers, or tape over it to prevent mischief from reaching in and causing shock.

- Regularly check electrical appliances in your home to make sure they are still in good working order and are well insulated.

- Before going to bed, turn off all unused electrical appliances in the house.

- Special note: Do not plug the phone charger near areas with small children or near the reach of children. Do not charge the phone overnight, because when it is plugged in for too long it can easily get hot and cause a fire. Should use the charger quality of the manufacturer, avoid using the phone charger of unknown origin because it can easily cause an accident.

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