If watermelon seeds are eaten into the stomach, they may be digested into food waste and then excreted through the intestinal tract, or they may be directly excreted from the body.
The human stomach is a digestive organ, different cells on the gastric mucosa will secrete different digestive juices, such as the wall cells secrete hydrochloric acid, the main cells secrete pepsinogen and internal factors, there is a decomposition and digestion of proteins, elimination of sterilization to promote the role of iron absorption.
Watermelon seeds into the stomach in the peristalsis of the stomach wall and the role of gastric juice will be gradually grinding, so that the flake of watermelon seeds gradually divided into smaller particles of food, and further decomposition into porridge like food, and then through the small intestine and large intestine digestion and absorption and finally through the rectum and anus into feces discharged from the body.
Undigested watermelon seeds can also be excreted directly through the intestines.
Therefore, if accidentally eaten watermelon seeds, do not have to worry too much, but if you eat a lot of watermelon seeds and cause digestive discomfort, or watermelon seeds stuck in the trachea or esophagus can not go down, you need to go to the hospital for examination and treatment in a timely manner, so as not to delay the condition.