A 1-year-old old baby boy has had a near-miraculous escape after swallowing one of the most toxic substances available; caustic soda. The baby, who could have been maimed for life, was lucky enough to be seen to just in time by doctors in Jiangsu.
一名一岁男婴在吞下一种毒性最强的物质后几乎奇迹般地逃脱了。烧碱。这个可能会终生残疾的婴儿很幸运，及时得到了江苏医生的救治。
On 29 December, a mother doing housework in Huai’an City of Jiangsu Province, suddenly heard her 1-year-old son crying.
12月29日，江苏省淮安市一位母亲正在做家务，突然听到1岁儿子的哭声。
She ran over and to him and was stunned. Her little boy was sitting on the floor pointing at his blackened mouth. An open, plastic bottle lay on the floor with a white powder scattered beside it.
她跑向他，却惊呆了。她的小男孩坐在地板上，指着自己发黑的嘴。地板上放着一个打开的塑料瓶，旁边散落着白色粉末。
The mother, whose name has been withheld, together with that of her baby, picked up the plastic bottle and examined it carefully. Her heart went cold; caustic soda.
这位不愿透露姓名的母亲和她的孩子一起拿起塑料瓶仔细检查。她的心变冷了；烧碱。
Finding that the baby’s lips were blistering and black, the parents immediately took him to the local hospital for treatment. But the next day, the sores on his lips became more serious and he was then rushed to Huai’an Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital for treatment.
发现婴儿嘴唇起泡、发黑，家长立即带他前往当地医院救治。但第二天，他的嘴唇溃疡更加严重，随后被送往淮安市妇幼保健院救治。
Zhang Yan, Chief Pediatric Surgeon at the Hospital, spoke with reporters for the Yangtze Evening News as per their report on 1 January.
1月1日，该院儿科主任医师张艳接受了扬子晚报记者的采访。
“We cleaned up the wound in time. A physical examination found that the child did not have abdominal pain, abdominal distension or any other obvious digestive-tract damage”, said Zhang.
“我们及时清理了伤口，检查发现孩子没有腹痛、腹胀等明显消化道损伤。”张说。
“Chosing not to do gastroscopy for the time being, we gave the child anti-infection and fluid-infusion treatments. At the same time, we closely monitored changes to the child’s condition. It was a case dealing with the problems as they came up.”
“暂时不做胃镜检查，我们给孩子抗感染、输液等治疗，同时密切监测孩子的病情变化，这是一个出现问题就处理的案例。”
Caustic soda is the name often utilised for sodium hydroxide (NaOH) when the compound is employed as a domestic cleaner, quite often to unblock drains or toilets.
苛性钠是氢氧化钠 (NaOH) 的常用名称，当该化合物用作家庭清洁剂时，通常用于疏通排水沟或厕所。
Also known as lye, the compound is popular as an industrial cleaner. Being highly alkali (pH14) and thus capable of dissolving grease, oil and fats, lye is also useful for cleaning aged kitchen equipment.
该化合物也称为碱液，作为工业清洁剂很受欢迎。碱液具有高碱性（pH14），因此能够溶解油脂、油脂，也可用于清洁老化的厨房设备。
