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Barberton mom's Facebook post goes viral after daughter swallows button battery

Joseph Iocono, MD, MBA, FACS, FAAP, a pediatric general surgeon at Akron Children's, discusses how honey may have helped a local girl avoid damage to her esophagus after swallowing a button battery.

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