Girl, 2, gets ecstasy pill up her NOSE after finding a box of her mother’s drugs in a box on top of the fridge
- The toddler was rushed to hospital and had a heart rate of 148 beats per minute
- She also had dilated pupils, high blood pressure and ‘red deposits’ in her nose
- She was discharged 24 hours later and placed in the care of her grandmother
A toddler got an ecstasy pill up her nose after coming across her mother’s drug stash.
The two-year-old girl from France found the tablet in a box above the refrigerator.
Realizing what had happened, her horrified mother urgently tried to remove the pill. However, only part of it came out on its own.
She called the emergency services for help, after which her daughter was rushed to the hospital.
Medics diagnosed the girl with life-threatening acute intoxication from a narcotic drug.
A two-year-old girl got an ecstasy pill up her nose after finding her mother’s drugs in a box on top of the refrigerator (file photo)
She survived the ordeal and was released from a hospital in Toulouse 24 hours after admission.
French courts took custody of the girl away from the mother, but placed her in the care of her grandmother.
None of the family members have been identified.
Details of the case were published in a medical journal called Archives of Pediatrics.
The incident – which was undated – was flagged as a case of ‘ecstasy intoxication by an unusual route’.
The girl put the pill in her nose at 1 p.m. It is not clear when her mother called the emergency services.
The child was taken directly to the Center Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Toulouse.
Medics found her restless and agitated, with “red-colored residue” in her nose.
She had a heart rate of 148 beats per minute, high blood pressure, rapid and shallow breathing, and dilated pupils.
She was transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit at 4:17 p.m.
Without medication, her blood pressure began to drop and she was transferred to a general pediatric ward.
The girl was hydrated with an IV and her pupils began to contract and returned to normal.
Her blood pressure was normalized the next morning – 17 hours after the pill was inserted. Seven hours later she was fired.
After the doctors’ diagnosis, and according to the French child protection law, the hospital department sent a report to a judge of the juvenile court.
The judge decided to place the girl under the custody of her paternal grandmother.
The study authors found that the symptoms of a child who put an ecstasy pill up their nose were similar to those of previous cases when it was taken orally.
It was also concluded that this type of incident may be the result of severe parental neglect.