I really hope they fully cooked that takoyaki I ate....

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[–] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Something an incredibly large number of people do not understand is that solid objects cannot pass through you: anything larger than 1-2mm will not get past the Pylorus Sphincter at the end of your stomach.

Any claims otherwise are misled bullshit.

EDIT: Lots of typos

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I never threw the quarter i swallowed at 6 years old back up, doc said it likely passed. Thats hella bigger tam 1-2mm and there's no quarters showing up on imaging... so how exactly does that work?

    Not saying I don't believe this its just that reconciling this statement with real world experience isn't adding up.

    And now I'm picturing the 'Little Book of Calm' getting absorbed and Bill Bailey running around looking like Jesus and quoting it. I never walked around like moose jesus so I guess I didn't absorb it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    https://learn.pediatrics.ubc.ca/body-systems/gastrointestinal/suspected-foreign-body-ingestion/

    Looks like you typoed the unit of measure. Thats 2 cm, not mm, 10x bigger.

    However, exceptions include sharp or toxic bodies, objects too large to pass through the pyloric sphincter (greater than 2×6 cm),

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Conflicting Sources

    https://ucanr.edu/datastoreFiles/608-87.pdf

    The pylorus contracts to slow gastric emptying and results in further mixing of gastric contents. During this time, the stomach transforms its contents into multiphase slurry called chyme, which is a combination of separate phases of aqueous solutions, fats, and solids. The more intense peristaltic waves promote antral empty- ing, which allows gastric contents, mainly fluid mixed with small particles, to pass through the pylorus and enter the duodenum. The particle size of the food emptied through the pylorus is less than 1 to 2 mm during the fed state (Thomas 2006).

    and the Thomas Citation:

    Thomas A. 2006. Gut motility, sphincters and reflex control. Anaesthesia Intens Care Med 7(2):57–8.

    I think yours is the typo.

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