2007-01-21 16:46:44 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
Well, for starters, someone should revoke your flossing privileges. You know you aren't supposed to swallow it, right?
2007-01-21 17:10:53 · answer #1 · answered by Caveat Lector 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I just accidentally swallowed some floss but it was very balled up. I like to chew on it kind of like gum and I accidentally made a small swallowing motion and then it went down my throat. This is the third time this ever has happened to me and I chew on my floss almost every night. I've also accidentally swallowed floss once or twice after falling asleep as I was flossing though most of the time when that happens I'll wake with the floss still between my teeth or in the bed next to me. I never used to get anxious but after hearing what floss could do to my cat a few years ago I now feel some anxiety.
You most likely will dissolve some of it or none of it, rarely will it completely dissolve and super rarely it will cause a blockage or tangle up your intestines, cats have a higher risk of tangled intestines.
Eat celery to help you pass it. Bananas, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, and pumpkin help pass objects like glass shards so celery and maybe also some of those things as well.
2014-06-18 21:29:26 · answer #2 · answered by Serafina Starstrider 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The dental floss is a string made of plant fibre and your stomach acids will dissolve it immediately on contact. No different than taking a bite of celery.
Please don't worry, I'm sure that as a baby, you swallowed a whole lot worse.
2007-01-21 16:57:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jack 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
LMAO I did that once ... and a day or so later ... it came out threaded thru my poop ...
I can laugh now, but it was unpleasent when it happened, cause after the 1st 'ball' came out it didn't drop, cause it was connected to the next one, and so on.
Eventually everything came out ... like a string of dirty pearls!
I advise you not to swallow it again, if U don't want what happened to me ... to happen to you!
Other than that, it won't harm you.
After all it's not like U swallowed a razor blade!
8:-D
2007-01-21 17:00:31 · answer #4 · answered by GRNeyzNYC 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
must be the minty flavour.
advisable that you don't swallow dental floss as it may get tangled in your intestines and cause serious harm to you.
2007-01-21 16:50:28 · answer #5 · answered by Steven H 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It'll probably show up in 1 to 3 days. Enjoy your poop.
I'm really curious how you managed.
2007-01-21 16:51:06 · answer #6 · answered by Sammy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dental floss is organic (cotton fiber). It will digest and be passed as feces.
2007-01-21 17:17:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just like food, and all the good stuff look in the toilet in a few days.
2007-01-21 16:59:51 · answer #8 · answered by countryguy140 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u shud ask the dentist......well, maybe u shud clean out ur intestine by drinking honey stirred in water in an empty stomach.....or u could also eat watermalon....it cleanses ur stomach...thus u will poop it out...hopefully...
2007-01-21 17:07:39 · answer #9 · answered by sue83jaz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wont do your body any harm your stomach will probely desolve it or you will crap it out....
2007-01-21 17:14:11 · answer #10 · answered by darryl l 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋