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Supermanhere
Jun 13, 2012, 10:11 PM
I was chewing trident layer gum just to be specific and I drank some water and totally forgot it was in my mouth!! I swallowed it!! What should I do? Am I okay??

J_9
Jun 13, 2012, 10:14 PM
Is this a serious question?

Yes, you're fine.

jenniepepsi
Jun 14, 2012, 12:24 AM
There is a fear, (its huge in my generation) that if you swallow gum, it will be stuck inside you for 7 years, and slowly kill you, and blah blah all sorts of imaginative things.
It is NOT true at all.
Its something parents made up so that kids wouldn't swallow their gum.

From Michael F. Picco, M.D.

Although chewing gum is designed to be chewed and not swallowed, it generally isn't harmful if swallowed. Folklore suggests that swallowed gum sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. But this isn't true. If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. But the gum doesn't stay in your stomach. It progresses relatively intact through your digestive system and is excreted in your stool.

On rare occasions, large amounts of swallowed gum combined with constipation have caused intestinal blockage in children. It's for this reason that frequent swallowing of chewing gum should be discouraged, especially in children.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/digestive-system/an01006

Supermanhere
Jun 15, 2012, 03:55 PM
There is a fear, (its huge in my generation) that if you swallow gum, it will be stuck inside you for 7 years, and slowly kill you, and blah blah all sorts of imaginative things.
it is NOT true at all.
its something parents made up so that kids wouldn't swallow their gum.
from Michael F. Picco, M.D.

Although chewing gum is designed to be chewed and not swallowed, it generally isn't harmful if swallowed.
Folklore suggests that swallowed gum sits in your stomach for seven years before it can be digested. But this isn't
true. If you swallow gum, it's true that your body can't digest it. But the gum doesn't stay in your stomach. It progresses relatively intact through
your digestive system and is excreted in your stool.

On rare occasions, large amounts of swallowed gum combined with constipation have caused intestinal
blockage in children. It's for this
reason that frequent swallowing of
chewing gum should be discouraged,
especially in children.

Swallowing gum: Is it harmful? - MayoClinic.com (http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/digestive-system/an01006)

Thanks, I was actually worried because it was a big piece! Thanks!!

Supermanhere
Jun 15, 2012, 03:56 PM
Is this a serious question?

Yes, you're fine.

Yes this is a serious question, don't be mean

Wondergirl
Jun 15, 2012, 04:20 PM
Just don't swallow any watermelon seeds.

JudyKayTee
Jun 15, 2012, 04:29 PM
Yes this is a serious question, don't be mean


Is "mean" your favorite word today?

I see an educated person answering a child's attention-getting question. Again.

Wondergirl
Jun 15, 2012, 04:32 PM
I see an educated person answering a child's attention-getting question. Again.
We're trying to draw you in. ;)

JudyKayTee
Jun 15, 2012, 05:10 PM
Into which group - the white hats or the black hats OR the children or the adults?

Do I get to pick?

No fun when the person's other posts are pulled.

Supermanhere
Jun 15, 2012, 08:12 PM
just don't swallow any watermelon seeds.

:p

Supermanhere
Jun 15, 2012, 08:12 PM
Is "mean" your favorite word today?

I see an educated person answering a child's attention-getting question. Again.


Okay seriously