Patient's question:
Hello doctor, I would like to ask if swallowing a bubblegum just now will affect the child's body?Doctor's answer:
It's okay, don't worry too much. The main ingredients of chewing gum are powdered sugar, syrup, and gum base. All the sugar components are water-soluble. If chewing gum is swallowed and enters the stomach, it is dissolved by stomach acid, and then acted upon by digestive fluids and enzymes in the stomach. The chewing gum has completely changed and passes through the digestive tract as part of the feces, so there's no need to worry. However, in the future, it's still important to be cautious and try to limit how often children eat chewing gum.