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??

Is this a serious question?

Yes, you're fine.

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/dig...system/an01006

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Originally Posted by jenniepepsi

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

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

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Originally Posted by J_9

Is this a serious question?

Yes, you're fine.

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

Just don't swallow any watermelon seeds.

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Originally Posted by Supermanhere

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

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Is "mean" your favorite word today?

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

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Originally Posted by JudyKayTee

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

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We're trying to draw you in. ;)

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.

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Originally Posted by wondergirl

just don't swallow any watermelon seeds.

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:p

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Originally Posted by JudyKayTee

Is "mean" your favorite word today?

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

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Okay seriously