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What happens to your body if you swallow a piece of gum?

2023-10-06 20:45:36Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
What happens to your body if you swallow a piece of gum?
What happens to your body if you swallow a piece of gum?

Chewing gum is composed of natural gum base, to which flavors, additives, sugars or sweeteners and vegetable oils are added. Among the chewing gum ingredients, there are sweeteners, syrups, chewing gum base, flavoring, etc. Some of these substances are digested and processed by the body, others are not, as they derive for example from oil.

What happens if we swallow it?

Chewing gum is not designed to be swallowed, but only to be chewed and then thrown away. The gum, if smeared incorrectly, will continue to progress into the intestine where it will be expelled normally, like any foreign body. If it happens once, well, if it happens several more times, then an accumulation can occur. This last hypothesis would come to give trouble to the body, accumulating as an uneducated mass.

The "rubber base" gives the gum an elasticity and structure that cannot be dissolved even in the oral cavity, through chewing, or in the stomach, where the gum conflicts with hydrochloric acid and other enzymes. Of course, it would be better to avoid an extensive use of chewing gum, also to avoid creating a process that activates the gastric juices and in the long term can disturb and affect digestion. In fact, empty chewing does not serve the body, and the brain cannot recognize this movement that basically does not aim at what would be the basic goal, the ingestion of food.

Gum damage

Finally, let's look at some harmful characteristics of chewing gum that may make us reflect on decelerating or stopping to consume them forever:

Pain in the muscles

Chewing gum constantly causes hypertonia of the masticatory muscles and constant tension in the facial muscles; It should be consumed with care so as not to stress too much the facial muscles, which have an important correlation with other muscle groups. Chewing gum can often lead to muscle tension, fatigue or (rarely) spasms in the chewing muscles. Symptoms include pain and tenderness in and around the masticatory structures or referred to other sites in the head and neck, and, often, abnormalities in mandibular mobility.

Temporomandibular joint damage

The temporomandibular joint – also known as TMJ – corresponds to the single diarthrosis of the skull and in particular is a double condyloid diarthrosis. It is considered double because between the mandibular condyle and the glenoid cavity of the temporal is interposed a complete disc giving rise to two different cavities that are often considered as two joints in series. It is a very delicate joint or fibrocartilaginous structure that fills the articular surfaces in the bone, but also allows for proper movement during opening and closing of the mouth.

Dental abrasions

Dental abrasions are a paraphysiological phenomenon defined by a physical agent that "rubs" against the surface of the tooth - in this case chewing gum - causing a loss of enamel and dentin substance. Dental enamel, even if it has a significant mineral content inside, wears away little by little, day by day. Chewing gum emphasizes this corrosive process.

Decementing of crowns or bridges

The constant adhesive stress given by the gum damages the teeth in a significant way, especially in relation to dental crowns and bridges. Crowns act as a reinforcement for the natural tooth making it very resistant. The dental bridge replaces the gaps left by the natural teeth that are no longer there while the crown allows them to be preserved.


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