What Happens If You Swallow Gum?
What Happens If You Swallow Gum?
What are the harms of swallowing gum? What should I do if my child swallows gum? There are all kinds of myths about swallowing gum. So, what really happens when you swallow gum? Does it really stay in our stomach for 7 years? Can our intestines become blocked when we swallow gum? What happens if we swallow gum every day? We have reviewed them all one by one for you.
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If you are a person who likes to chew gum, you know that there will come a time when you want to remove that gum, but there is no garbage or a piece of paper around. What are you going to do, you can't throw it on the ground, you'll have to swallow it.
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You swallowed the gum, and then what? According to legend, because it cannot be digested in your stomach, the gum that you swallow stays in your stomach for exactly 7 years. And is this legend true?
Gum used to be obtained from tree resin, but of course the situation is different today. All the gum we chew today is made from a synthetic substance called gum some. Therefore, it also does not contain any real food ingredients. That's why our body can't digest it normally as a food.
But if chewing gum or any other substance stays in your body for 7 years, it indicates that you have another medical problem.
"If you have swallowed a piece of gum, it will come out of your stool no later than 40 hours later, " guarantees dietitian Czerwony. However, since the gum cannot be digested, it will come out whole, he adds.
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Therefore, as long as you only swallow one piece of gum, you don't need to constantly observe your poop and worry about making sure that the gum comes out of your body. Just trust that what goes in will eventually come out.
So, when is it dangerous to swallow gum? If you swallow gum 4-5 times a day, or regularly swallow gum every day, this can pose a danger to your digestive system.
If you swallow gum too often, it can cause intestinal obstruction. And if your bowel is blocked, nothing you eat can pass through there later, and you will feel a lot of pressure and pain because this will cause an accumulation there.
If you experience intestinal obstruction, unfortunately, it will not improve on its own. If left untreated, it can lead to rupture of the gastrointestinal tract.
If you have swallowed too much gum and have started to experience the symptoms of intestinal obstruction listed below, do not neglect to seek medical attention as soon as possible.
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What if your child swallows gum? Children tend to take all kinds of strange things into their mouths that they shouldn't take and swallow. However, if it's a small piece of gum that they swallow, you don't have to worry too much. Children, just like adults, will throw out the gum they have swallowed in the toilet in a few hours.
Of course, the easiest way to avoid the risk of gum causing intestinal obstruction is not to swallow gum at all. So throw your gum in the nearest trash can. If there are no garbage cans around, you can wrap it in a napkin and keep it in your pocket until you see a garbage.
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