Fidget Spinner: How dangerous is the new trend toy for children?
They are colorful, they spin wildly and they are just driving everyone crazy: Fidget Spinner, the latest trend toys, cause a sensation. The function is simple: you hold it between two fingers, push it and they turn. Quite simple - and can not be dangerous, right?
First reports of serious injuries
But it's not that easy: Fidget spinners are not completely harmless. For example, parents in the network report that their children have squeezed the metallic ball bearings out of the holes and swallowed them. From the US, a case is known in which a ten-year-old had swallowed such a metal part and had to be operated on.
The urgent appeal of concerned parents: Make it clear to your children that they should not put Fidget Spinner in their mouths. Too great is the danger, especially in favorable versions, that the ball bearings loosen and get into the throat.
Risk of injury also on the fingers
But finger spinners do not just have small parts that can be swallowed. Another mother reports that her child has pushed his finger into one of the openings. The finger had swollen up and they did not get the spinner from the hand - only in the hospital one could have freed the clamped finger.
How dangerous are finger spinners for now?
These examples from the US show that Fidget spinners are not completely harmless toys. However, this is true of course for almost all toys: even Lego Legs or Playmobil parts can swallow children.
Parents should be alert but not panic. The trend parts are not a completely harmless toy - but they are also no swirling risk in the nursery.
