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title: "What would happen if you swallowed a magnet?"  
description: "What would happen if you swallowed a magnet?"  
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published: 2018-03-02  
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# What would happen if you swallowed a magnet?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**Well, the first thing which you need to do is to consult a doctor or a specialist. On the off chance that you swallow a solitary magnet-the [entry](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/531/how-to-delete-an-array-entry-using-javascript) will rely upon its size and shape.** In the [event](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/777/delegate-and-event-in-c-sharp) that it isn't sharp and little in a [measure](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32242/why-nepal-rejects-india-s-offer-to-jointly-re-measure-mount-everest) it can be passed in the stools normally. It might take 24– 72 [hours](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/101444/who-s-the-youngest-winner-of-the-le-mans-24-hours-race) relying upon the person.

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In the event that it is pointed, it might prompt aperture or dying. It will be its vast in an estimate or long, it might stall out in the throat (food pipe) , stomach or duodenum (some portion of the digestive system quick after the stomach). On the off chance that you swallow in excess of one magnet, it requires dire evacuation.

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**Well, the situation could be much worse if you by [mistake](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1436/brilliant-inventions-made-by-mistake) swallow two magnets** gulping two magnet, dangers a circumstance where they draw in each other while they're in various circles of the [digestive](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93038/does-cbd-oil-really-help-with-digestive-problems) tract. Intestinal attachments, aperture, peritonitis… if untreated, a danger of a rather awful result.\
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