Watermelon seeds cannot be digested.
The texture of watermelon seeds is relatively hard, and its outside is covered with a layer of biofilm, this biofilm is the protective film of watermelon seeds in the process of generating, in order to prevent it from being corroded. When watermelon seeds are swallowed into the gastrointestinal tract, due to the protection of the biofilm and is not easy to be digested by the gastrointestinal tract, so in general, was swallowed into the gastrointestinal tract of the watermelon seeds will be discharged from the body in its original shape.
When a large number of watermelon seeds are swallowed, these seeds will adhere and form clumps in the gastrointestinal tract, causing intestinal lumen blockage, which may cause indigestion and symptoms of intestinal obstruction.
If you feel symptoms such as poor bowel movement and indigestion after swallowing watermelon seeds, you should go to the hospital in time for treatment.