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Liam Buckler

Boy swallows battery and survives after it stays stuck in his throat for FIVE weeks

A 5-year-old boy's "ear infection" turned out to be a battery lodged in his throat for five weeks.

Luke McMillan, from Arizona, US, was an energetic little toddler who was prone to the odd ear infection as he would often rub his ears.

Mum Erica McMillan took him to the doctors to get checked out and he was given antibiotics and told the infection will eventually clear up.

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