My son ate a whole pack of gum...does anyone know what I should do? Will he get sick?

Definitely call your doctor's office. If you have a 24-hour nurse line, use that too. It's not wrong to be safe.

There are plenty of calls to Poison Control and 9-1-1 that go no farther than the phone call. See here for more info, especially about allergies, etc. gumassociation.org/Default.aspx?Cat=5 "Is gum safe to swallow? Gum is not designed to be swallowed; but if it is, it simply passes through one’s system as other roughage does within a few days.

We know that a very small percentage of chewers choose to swallow the gum. " "Why is there a warning about laxative effects? Some chewing gum labeling may contain a warning about possible laxative effect.

When some sugar replacements such as maltitol and sorbitol are used in chewing gum, they may have a mild laxative effect, especially when over consumed. This moderate laxative effect is not harmful to the body" "Are there harmful substances that may be extracted from chewing gum or gum base for an extended period of time? No, there are no harmful substances that will be extracted from the chewing gum or gum base while chewing.

Chewing gum consists of soluble compounds that dissolve while being chewed, and the gum base, or insoluble compounds, which do not dissolve. Gum base is not intended to be ingested, and the extraction of gum base components by chewing is virtually insignificant.

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