What if you accidentally swallow your gum?

Don’t worry too much if you accidentally swallow the gum, it will be excreted through the intestines. Chewing gum has the characteristic of chewing resistance, mainly because of its raw material contains gum base components. Gum base has good flexibility, chewing at the same time is not easy to digest. Therefore, when the chewing gum enters the body, it will not be digested by saliva, gastric acid, gastric digestive enzymes. Chewing gum does not adhere to the human body, due to the presence of gastric juices containing gum base will not have a strong adhesion, it will not adhere to the stomach and intestines, chewing gum will be with the food debris through the intestinal tract and eventually with the feces together with the discharge of the human body. Although chewing gum can be discharged from the body, but it does not mean that you can swallow gum at any time, if you swallow too much gum containing gum base, it will slowly accumulate in the body if it can not be discharged from the body in a timely manner, it may block the digestive tract and cause constipation and other problems. Therefore, occasional swallowing need not worry too much, a one-time large amount of swallowing also need to consult a doctor in time.