Parents brought in a child who was bruised by a bedwetting alarm.On close observation, there was nothing wrong with the way the parents had operated the device, but the bedwetting alarm had malfunctioned under normal use.The child was bruised from abnormal heat generated by the alarm which had burnt the child's neck and chin.Additionally, the batteries in the alarm portion had short circuited and caused the batteries to leak on to the child's skin.The burning and battery leak is a dangerous combination which caused severe pain and irritation to the child.He was treated in the hospital and discharged.Follow up treatment is underway.
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