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What happens if I accidentally swallowed glass?
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Originally Answered: What happens if a glass piece is swallowed?
It would depend on several Variables. What size piece, how thick, what shape, Jagged edges?, etc. & does this piece have any chemicals in it.
When I worked in Surgery & something like this happened- if the Dr. determined any of the above-posed a posible danger- we would sometimes go in through your mouth & then down your esophogus & into the stomach if necessary & take it out from above.
NOW, with new Imaging Techniques- MRI etc. they can usually see the object in Radiology and deterimine how well it is passing through. If it needs to be removed from above- this needs to be done BEFORE it passed into the small intestine (while still in the stomach ). They would use a flexible scope with a small light & could even use a instrument to grab it & take it out your mouth.
In most cases if it is small, not sharp or pointed the Dr. will let it pass through the system. Often when that is done- the glass or foriegn object gets covered in mucas or food, it is incorporated into your stool (poop) & passes through completely & OK.
Call a Medical Professional as soom as it is swallowed & be prepared to answer the above questionon size, sharpness & shape or points . If THEY tell you that it will probably pass through -fine— just make sure you call or go to the ER if you experience ANY pain, anywhere in your digestive track, for 1–5 days. People digest at different rates.
Don’t expect them to say you DON’T need to come in to the ER —because they need to protect themselves legally.
Originally Answered: What would happen if you ingested glass just a little bit?
It totally depends on how big the pieces are. It is a little know fact that people eat silica (which is sand or very small bits of glass) almost every day. Now some of this you get by accident because wind blown dust is in part silica and it lands on your skin or a sandwich you are eating and then you eat it and don’t notice. What happens to this very fine sand or glass bits is that it passes through your digestive track and you don’t even notice. Where it gets to be a problem is if you ingest a larger piece and it has sharp edges. If that happens you may pass it or it might cut your stomach or intestines and that is bad. The worst case is that it gets stuck and potentially blocks your digestive track. This is almost always a situation that requires emergency surgery to remove it and sew up the cuts that you got on the way down. This means tiny bits of fine glass with no long sharp edges you probably just pass it and not notice, medium size pieces with sharp edges might injure you internally which is very serious but possibly survivable. Large pieces with or without sharp edges might mean a trip to the emergency room and is almost always a serious life threatening situation.
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Originally Answered: What happens if you swallow a shard of glass?
I hate to be an alarmist here but this doesn't seem to be the appropriate place to ask this sort of dire medical question.
See, Quora is indeed a question-answer based forum. And this certainly qualifies as a question-kudos.
I'm afraid while waiting on a proper response you may be in immediate need of medical supervision. Or at least a band-aid.
Please bear in mind if you've actually swallowed a piece of broken glass it's just a matter of time before it goes through your digestive track, if you don't pass out from blood loss prior to then.
See, I could be weird. But if it was me or someone that I loved dearly (or hell even a perfect stranger) I'd be inclined to use the phone for which it was actually intended for.
Hang up now and dial 911. Live to write another day!
You’re welcome!
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Originally Answered: What are the symptoms if one accidentally swallowed a glass?
That depends on what kind of glass object you’ve swallowed, and in what state it is. If it’s small and smooth and hard, like maybe a glass bead, it might just come out the other end and you’ll be fine. If it’s broken, or at risk of shattering inside you, you’re looking at the possibility of severe internal lacerations and immediately life-threatening blood loss and infection. If it’s too big or in an awkward shape, it might get stuck in your digestive system and possibly require surgical intervention to remove.
When in doubt, seek medical attention. Glass shows up on x-rays, and if you’ve got a worst case scenario on your hands, the faster you get to a doctor, the better your chances are.
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Originally Answered: What happens if a glass piece is swallowed?
Would depend on if the glass was jagged or not. I imagine your body will not be able to break it down at all, so it would eventually pass thru, in tact and out within a bowel movement. If jagged or had sharp edges could cause a lot of internal damage. Could obviously tear tissues going down and throughout the digestive system or become lodged somewhere in the process. Would go to a doctor, especially if experiencing pain. They may be able to pin point where its located and remove before more or any damage is caused. Most times foreign objects just get expelled by vomiting or bowel movements and doctors will likely opt you go that route first, unless there’s visible bleeding from somewhere like when you go the the bathroom or in your throw up.
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Originally Answered: What happens if a glass piece is swallowed?
It depends a lot on the size and shape of the piece of glass, and possibly the composition. It also depends somewhat on what swallowed it.
Many pieces of glass are of a size and shape where swallowing one would result in little other than the glass piece moving through the GI tract unimpeded and emerging embedded in stool. However, if multiple such pieces were swallowed, they could be brought into contact with each other and break, producing sharp pieces that would slice their way through the soft tissues of the GI tract with potentially serious or lethal effects.
Some types of glass are poisonous to a significant degree, leaching toxic chemicals (often metallic) or radioactive particles. The effects would vary.
There are pieces of glass of sizes or shapes where the attempt to swallow them might be immediately injurious or fatal for a given individual. Try having a mouse swallow a marble…it won’t go well.
Originally Answered: What happens if you swallow a shard of glass?
From ‘maybe nothing’ to ‘holy cow’. If the glass shard is from some tempered piece of glass the pieces are generally small and rounded in nature and they MAY pass relatively unharmed. However, depending on the size and shape of a regular piece of glass it may not even make it to your stomach lacerating your tongue, throat, and esophagus and lodging itself in the tissue causing severe bleeding and breathing problems, definitely life threatening. Pray it gets to the stomach without much damage but I would seek emergency medical attention immediately. This type of question should be addressed to your primary physician directly.
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Originally Answered: What happens if I swallow tiny piece of glass?
What happens if I swallow tiny piece of glass?
If the piece is rounded, nothing. It will pass harmlessly through your digestive tract. If it is sharp, or has a sharp edge, you could get cut somewhere along the way as it makes its way through your digestive tract. This could range from a minor scrape that will heal on its own, to penetrating the bowel wall. The last possibility is life threatening and requires emergency treatment. It all depends on the size and conformation of the piece of glass. If you are concerned, call your doctor. If you experience extreme abdominal pain, or any abdominal pain accompanied by bleeding, go to the nearest Emergency Room.
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Originally Answered: What should you do if you accidentally swallowed a big piece of glass?
Stay calm, try to breath as slow and as deeply as possible. Do no, I repeat, do not try to drive yourself or have someone drive you to the ER. Call 911 and have someone tell them what is going on, if you cannot talk well enough. Go by ambulance. Even if you haven’t swallowed glass, if you’re having breathing problems, vomiting up bright red blood, dizziness, and other symptoms do not wait. Call 911. Swallowing a large piece of glass can be life threatening and necessitates immediate medical care.
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Originally Answered: What happens if you swallow a shard of glass?
I would seek medical advice either from from your Doctor or Emergency room. Miraculously you could pass without any damage at all. My father became an upholsterer. I remember him having a magnetic tack hammer and just stick the tacks in his mouth and grabbing from his mouth with the tip of the hammer. Needless to say, he has actually swallowed very sharp upholstery tacks by accident. He never sought medical attention and never suffered any problems from doing so. But I would at least speak to you Physician about it.
Originally Answered: What happens if a glass piece is swallowed?
If glass is in small pieces or crushed, it’s like sand and assuming you could manage to eat it, it would eventually go through your digestive tract. Crushed glass is not the undetectable and fatal poison that it’s been represented to be.
Large chunks of broken glass are more like knives, and would probably cut you badly, resulting in internal bleeding. They might also embed somewhere in your digestive tract rather than excreting.
Generally, eating glass is a bad idea.
Originally Answered: What happens if a glass piece is swallowed?
If the glass is small enough and not terribly sharp. It will be passed through mixed with the stool when you defecate in around 1 to 2 days. However, if the glass is large and quite sharp. It may cause any of the following obstruction, laceration and even perforation of the gastrointestinal system which starts from the oropharyngx and finishes in the rectum.
There are people who could actually digest glass and metal parts which were ingested. But I have only seen them in Ripley’s Believe it or Not replays in TV