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A member asked:
Hey doctor , i swallowed a piece of sponge since i had 14 years old till now :( it's pica right ? i'm wondering if it will turn toxic in my digestive
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Not Pica/ sponge : You didn't crave to eat the sponge. So it is not pica. It was an accidental ingestion. Most ingestions like that pass out of the GI tract within a week. I would not expect any harmful effects from that ingestion.
Answered 6/10/2014
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