i accidentally ate a small piece of hard jagged plastic, am i a goner?

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will the straw cause me grave physical harm?

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brianmanahan

brianmanahan

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so i had a leftover milkshake that i stuck in the freezer last night, and i forgot to take the big plastic straw out when i put it in there.

tonight i went to eat the rest of it, and when i pulled out the straw it cracked. i noticed a piece about half the size of my pinky fingernail was missing from it.

i thought "that's ok, i'll find it when i'm eating the ice cream and throw it away."

well i was really careful but i never found it, so it's probably now a jagged plastic weapon floating in my abdomen.

atot, am i a goner?
 
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Charmonium

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As with many lethal poisons, it depends a lot on the specific type.

So, you got your HDPE, PP and PS. Then you got PVC and LDPE. You're probably OK with either group. What you want to avoid is any plastic labeled as "OTHER." Seriously, look it up. As far as you know, there could be f'ing plutonium in that shit. OK, not really.

I'm sure that plastics tend to be mostly inert.

Of course, not many people use liquid nitrogen to freeze shit.
 
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brianmanahan said:
this plastic was big and jagged enough that i'm worried it'll tear my stomach

or my intestines

or you know what
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I mean, the worst part is you can't even get it x-rayed, unlike if you swallowed, say, a piece of a brace(s) for your teeth. They could at least find it where the metal lodged.

Yeah. Shit. Good luck.
 
Charmonium

Charmonium

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You know what your digestive system has multiple truckloads of? Mucus.

W/o any pressure being applied, aside from normal peristalsis, your mucus is just going to piss itself laughing at that shit.
 
Charmonium

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Stories like this usually involve something like a toothpick. How one swallows a toothpick is beyond me, but it happens and THAT can become a problem.

A piece of jagged plastic, unless it's your shredded Visa or something similar, isn't going to cause a problem. OK, let's say instead, ceteris paribus, it's very unlikely. Definitely not worth losing sleep over. And if that looks like it might be an issue, antihistamines are, for most people, pretty effective sleep aids.
 
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mikeymikec

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BoomerD said:
Sounds like every episode of House.
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House episodes are a little more convoluted: The team has to try up to three different courses of action, usually each of which makes the patient's condition dramatically worse (or maybe 'two steps backwards and one step forward'), then someone (often oncologist guy) says something in an unrelated conversation makes House have a lightbulb moment.

I'm halfway through season 6, and every time I think of watching another episode, I think of that formula and decide not to.
 
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