Doctors warned about the danger of swallowed gum

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about randomly swallowed people. What is the real danger of swallowed gum, a gastroenterologist told.

begin with what a chewing gum is. Management of sanitary supervision of foodstuffs and medicines defines this product as a “non -food chewing substance”. Non -food – it means that chewing gum is not absorbed by the body. The maximum that our body can make is to process the sugars that give gum its characteristic taste. Thus, if you suddenly swallow a gum, a piece of undigested rubber enters the body.

how dangerous is it? additional assistance. Muscle contraction in the digestive tract can help you push the gum so that it is easily with the feces – as well as the husk from seeds. Yet the risk of harming health through swallowed gum remains. The fact is that the body has to push to “exit” a fairly considerable mass of all kinds of residues. The gum as a supplement to this mass is quite capable of provoked congestion and intestinal obstruction. Symptoms of this condition are abdominal pain and constipation, and in the absence of adequate treatment, this problem can lead to the most unpredictable consequences.