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1385714 No.1385714 [Reply] [Original]

So I swallowed one of these accidentally (it's a tiny rubber band). My stomach has been a bit sore over the past 1 or 2 hours. Should I be worried about more gastrointestinal pain or will it ease off?

>> No.1385721

it's used in dentistry and I'm pretty sure they make stuff they put in your mouth made out of something not too toxic in case of consumption.

>> No.1385725

The separators? Nah bro it's not that

>> No.1385727

>>1385721
I was just wondering if /sci/ knew how well or badly your stomach reacts to rubber

>> No.1385729

a friend of a friend died from swalloing a rubber band.

>> No.1385732

why havent you contacted a doctor yet?

>> No.1385745

Rubber bands can technically wrap themselves around dried fecal matter and attach it to polyp like clusters of villi thus creating an intestinal blockage which gets larger and larger until at some point peristalis gets confused and reacts in a panicked manner causing even more blockages. This can result in death unless surgury is performed to relieve the blockage. Yes I pulled all of this out of my rear but it could be true.

>> No.1385762

>>1385727
I ate a rubber fist off of a 25 cent rubber wrestling guy when I was a kid, I shit it out almost a week later.

>> No.1385764

>>1385745
OP here, I don't have anything to worry about since the rubber band is only like 8mm in circumference right?

>> No.1385770

You should probably try to throw up.

>> No.1385776

There is nothing at all to worry about OP. Anyone saying anything different is a troll.

Its used in your mouth. they're never going to utilize something that if swallowed will kill you. thats retarded.

>> No.1385777

>>1385764
Contact a doctor.

>> No.1385778

Guys are you sure you know that these are only like literally 8mm in circumference and like 6mm in diameter?

>> No.1385784

>>1385776
Yeah I was mostly expecting it to be safe to swallow, I just wanted to know if this will get worse or if it will settle down

>> No.1385794

Sure is troll in here

>> No.1385796

>>1385784
the pain you feel is unrelated. its just psychosomatic

>> No.1385800

>>1385778
Someone needs to review what pi is.

>> No.1385807

>>1385796
well actually I was sort of partially exadurating, it's just a feeling or discomfort, but I did feel it before and then noticed that I had swallowed it, i'm less worried now though.

>> No.1385813

>>1385800
I was just estimating and they aren't a perfect circle anyway

>> No.1385817

>>1385807
Pain is not related to swallowing the little rubber ring. If i had a bag of them, i'd swallow 5 to show you its fine.

its nothing. Ever swallowed chewing gum? Yeah nothing happens, despite all the childhood rumors.

>> No.1385831

HERP DERP I SWALLOWED A BAND FOR MY BRACES AND HAD PLACEBO NOW IM GOING TO DIE AAAAAAAHHHH