Serious answers only please. It's a real worry.
2006-06-24 08:17:11 · 20 answers · asked by R.I.P. 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
As sticky as chewing gum might appear to be outside the body, once it's sent down the alimentary canal it's no more remarkable in that respect than most anything else we swallow.
Gum is eliminated as human waste in the same way — and at the same rate — as any other swallowed matter. Granted, it comes out the far end relatively unchanged by the trip, but it does come out on schedule.
2006-06-24 09:39:13 · answer #1 · answered by Bapboy 4 · 18⤊ 5⤋
Very unlikely. Even the cells lining the alimentary canal are subject to wear and tear, so there seems to be nothing to stick or cling onto permanently. My informed guess is that the chewing gum residue, like all inedible material will pass through, probably within about 24 hours.
2006-06-24 15:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by Sciman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not forever, but close enough. It will stay inside your stomach for years (and if you swallow to much gum can become a major problem) but will eventually be passed out of you system.
2006-06-24 15:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No dont be worried at all when i was little i swallowed bubble gum all the from when i was six years old till about nine or ten. Dont worry swalloing a little piece of bubble gum it wont hurt you at all.
2006-06-24 15:21:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but some ingredients in a piece of chewing gum in some people can take years to fully digest and pass throw your system!
2006-06-24 16:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by princeessintraning 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so although when i was little my mum and dad wouldn't let me have gum in case i swallowed and they told me all sorts of horror stories so i am still very cagey about swallowing it.
2006-06-24 15:23:24 · answer #6 · answered by willowbee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't be worried, you will eventually poop it out, the only worry about swallowing gum is that it might get stuck in your throat or something, and that is like a 1 in 1,000,000 chance
2006-06-24 15:21:44 · answer #7 · answered by Jon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, although that's funny. Remember gum is made of the same things in other foods. It's not a separate non-food item. It degrades in your body like any other food.
2006-06-24 15:24:34 · answer #8 · answered by I-Eat-Paint-Chips 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe it will stay with you forever. Your stomach has a lot of stomach acid and bile in it that will desolve the gum.
2006-06-24 15:26:16 · answer #9 · answered by c p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but if you are really worried, get a steak knife and cut up your poo until you find it. Good luck!
It wont stay in your stomach people!!!Have you ever eaten corn???!! It comes out, even if you dont digest it!!
2006-06-24 15:21:34 · answer #10 · answered by sweetiepie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋