Gum is chewy because it contains a synthetic rubber base that simply isn't digestible. But that doesn't mean swallowed gum can't complete the journey through your digestive tract.
口香糖很耐嚼是因为它含有一种不可消化的合成橡胶。但这并不意味着口香糖不能完成消化道的这段旅程。
As Rodger Liddle, a gastroenterologist at the Duke University School of Medicine, told Scientific American, the human body is capable of passing objects up to roughly the size of a quarter, so a single piece of gum should pose no problem.
杜克大学医学院的胃肠病学家罗杰•利德尔告诉《科学美国人》杂志说,人体内可以通过一个25美分硬币大小的物体,所以一块口香糖应该不会造成什么问题。
If you were to swallow several pieces of chewing gum in a short amount of time, though, you could end up with a mass too large to pass. At that point, you may need to call on a doctor to remove it manually - in 1998, pediatric gastroenterologist David Milov published a study noting three such cases in children, and the ordeal does not seem pleasant.
然而,如果你在短时间内吞下几块口香糖,这么大块应该无法通过消化道。如果是这样,你也许需要让医生手动移除。1998年,小儿肠病学专家大卫•米罗夫发表了一份研究报告,其中列出了三个这样的儿童病例,而且移除口香糖的过程似乎并不好受。
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