Probably, each of us heard stories about how dangerous it is to swallow chewing gums. The American doctors have told in details that, all the same occurs in the event that the similar happens.

There are popular horror stories that if a person accidentally swallows the cud, then it will remain in his stomach forever. Or from it grows some terrible new growth, like a tree. In fact, swallowing chewing gums does not threaten our stomach with such disasters, but this does not mean that chewing gum can be swallowed regularly. American doctors told about what exactly happens after swallowing this popular product.

To begin with, any food intake leads to activation of the process of processing calories into the stomach into energy. Chewing on something, we chop the food into small pieces to facilitate the work of the stomach, and saliva securely covers these fragments, providing the enzymes necessary for cleavage. Finally, after swallowing, the case comes with gastric juice, which also processes food. At the final stage, she calmly overcomes the entire digestive system. However, the chewing gum does not obey these rules, because no matter how hard we chew it, it does not break up into tiny particles.

Getting inside almost untouched, chewing gum repeats the fate of other objects that a person can not digest like corn or sunflower seeds. Muscles of the digestive tract simply move these foods through the intestinal system, and after one or two days they go outside. Therefore chewing gum, of course, does not stick to the intestines and does not remain there forever. However, the habit of swallowing a lot of chewing gum can lead to their accumulation in the digestive tract, which will cause intestinal obstruction and strong constipation. Medicine know such cases precisely because of the frequent swallowing of chewing gum. So if you accidentally swallowed it, then there's nothing to worry about, but do not make it a habit of it.

Source: News Yu.

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