What to do if your child accidentally swallows chewing gum

The symptoms of children accidentally swallowing chewing gum can be said to be a common problem in life. In fact, parents do not need to worry too much. Generally, the harm is not serious. You can let them eat more fiber foods to help expel the chewing gum.

1. Swallowing gum is not harmful.

Many people believe that swallowing chewing gum will stick to our stomach and intestines, and even seriously affect our health. In fact, swallowing chewing gum has little effect on the human body. The intestinal walls and stomach walls of the human body are very smooth and secrete a large amount of mucus. Therefore, chewing gum will not get stuck in the stomach and intestines, but will be directly excreted.

2. Eating more fiber foods will help expel chewing gum.

Fiber foods are very helpful for gastrointestinal motility. If you accidentally swallow chewing gum, you can eat more fiber foods to help expel the gum. Vegetables and whole grains are foods rich in fiber and should be eaten more.

3. Induce vomiting to spit out the gum.

If you are really worried that swallowing chewing gum will cause harm to your body, you can induce vomiting to quickly spit out the swallowed chewing gum.

Precautions

When chewing gum, you should reduce talking, otherwise you may swallow the gum without paying attention. It may even cause the chewing gum to enter the trachea, which can have serious consequences.

Do not chew gum for more than 15 minutes. Generally speaking, the sweetness will gradually fade after chewing gum for 5 to 10 minutes. Chewing the remaining gum for too long may have certain effects on the human body.