I and my 24-year old girlfriend were in restaurant. She was chewing a gum. She told me that to swallow a chewing gum isn't dangerous at all because it goes in her stomach and then comes out and laughed. Then she took her chewing gum back to her throat and made a gulp and swallowed her chewing gum. The gum slided down her throat and was gone . . . She told me that she swallowed her gum whole, it was in her stomach and couldn't feel anymore. She laughed and said that the chewing gum is in her tummy now. She told me not to worry about it and added that she likes to swallow cherry pits and sometimes when she is on a lazy mood and don't want to take a cherry pit out she simply swallows it and sends to her stomach so there is no need to find a place for a cherry pit . . . She even don't have a stomachache . . .What will happen to the chewing gum or the cherry pit in my girlfriend's stomach? How much time will it be harmlessly in her tummy? When will she begin digesting it?
2006-09-01 00:07:49 · 13 answers · asked by nodarchkhaiani1985 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
she is trying to tell you that she can deepthroat and for me that is worth its weight in gold. gum and pits harm nothing
2006-09-01 00:20:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Swallowing a large mass of gum, or many small pieces of gum over a short period of time, can block the digestive tract in rare cases. Blockage is most likely when gum is swallowed along with foreign objects, like coins, or when swallowed with nondigestible materials like sunflower seeds.
Little kids are most likely to be affected because they might not understand that gum is chewed, not swallowed.
But apart from these strange scenarios, swallowing an occasional piece of gum is harmles
Chewing gum is made of either natural or synthetic materials (gum resin), preservatives, flavorings, and sweeteners. The body can absorb sweeteners, such as sugar, and they can add up to a lot of calories if you chew a lot of sugary gum. But the human digestive tract can't digest the gum resin. It's moved through the digestive tract by the normal pushing (peristaltic) actions of the gut. The gum's journey ends during a trip to the bathroom.
Should Any Kids Chew Gum?
Too much of anything can be a problem. Chewing gum is hard on dental work and most gums that are not sugar free can cause cavities. Sugar-free gum sweetened with sorbitol also can be a problem because it can cause diarrhea. Cinnamon-flavored gums of any kind may irritate the mouth lining. They can be hot and spicy in your mouth, as you probably know.
A good rule would be to stick with sugar-free gum and don't have more than one or two pieces a day. And when you're done with it, don't swallow it. Spit it out instead!
2006-09-01 07:32:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither of these two items is likely to be digested. Doctors have known for years that gum is easy to swallow and some people enjoy it and they use scare tactics which are incomplete truths to stop it. "It takes seven years to digest" It is true that if it could sit in your stomach, or hers in this case, for seven years it could digest but anything you swallow-including metal tips from a toungue piercings, balloons full of drugs, etc...ends up out the other end in a few days or less depending on how regular you are. Wether or not things can digest is not important, what is important is that it all goes through.
2006-09-01 07:18:52 · answer #3 · answered by clkwrkcris 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gum may remain in her stomache for 30 minutes, before it is digested. The cherry pits will pass through her and be eliminated.
2006-09-01 07:12:10 · answer #4 · answered by rustybones 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chewing gum is made of vinyl. vinyl takes about 7 years to digest. The body has no way to remove the gum from her stomach so it stays there till it is digested. the cherry pit will digest easily enough. Still i wouldn't suggest swallowing them.
2006-09-01 09:43:45 · answer #5 · answered by dragonmage376 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing will happen.
Anything you hear or read about gum taking seven years to digest or whatever is old wives tales and urban legends.
It all passes through your system just like anything else you swallow, there's nothing special about gum or cherry pits. They're just less digested, doesn't mean they sit idly in your stomache.
2006-09-01 07:16:50 · answer #6 · answered by Alex 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gum stays in your stomach for years I think. She shouldn't be swallowing those things, she could choke on them too.
2006-09-01 07:17:27 · answer #7 · answered by Lex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pits will pass thought the system and the gum to will digest some day she may find she could cause damage to her intestions and she will be sorry it happen to me years ago i almost bled to death scatched my intestions not worth the pain
2006-09-01 07:22:45 · answer #8 · answered by duckky44 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it takes a long time to digest gum. a few years i think.idk about cherry pits
2006-09-01 07:13:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
They will pass through like anything else that you swallow.
2006-09-01 07:10:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋