Usually small, but not everyone gets it. Sometimes people spoil their lives and do not realize that it was the gum.
On the one hand, chewing gum is used to stimulate saliva production for dry mouth or heartburn.
On the other hand, swallowing excess air while chewing can cause hiccups, belching, and painful bloating.
Sugar-free gum substitutes can cause diarrhea and bloating.
Chewing gum is removed from children 6 hours before the planned surgery. Because the gum in the stomach will be a little more saliva than it should be.
And children sometimes swallow gum. This comes as a surprise to surgeons.
And children are also good at hiding chewing gum in the cavity of the hard palate, from where it then falls down the throat before the operation. This is already a surprise for anesthesiologists.
In all fairness, chewing gum is sometimes used after surgery to keep the intestines running. Chewing makes the digestion work, and there is no risk of vomiting because nothing is eaten.
Chewing gum with mint or menthol additives can trigger an asthma attack. This is a classic example of an asthma exacerbation from a dietary supplement. This rarely happens, but the example was included in the textbooks.
From frequent chewing, the joint of the lower jaw sometimes begins to click and hurt.
Chewing gum can also give you a headache. This is usually associated with tension in the temporalis muscle. The temporalis muscle is easy to find by chewing in front of the ear on the side of the head. Sometimes it hurts even to feel this muscle.
There are different miracles. If you chew often, do not forget to tell your doctor about it on occasion.
