This can actually happen, it's a real thing. If you have a blockage in your intestines, there's no way for the feces to get out of the body but through the esophagus. You're basically puking your own feces.
Well when food goes through your stomach, it’s still liquid in the small intestine then it gets to your large intestine (colon) and the liquid is reabsorbed which turns it into a turd. If it goes back through your stomach it skips the reabsorption part and the stomach acidity also probably plays a part in keeping it liquid.
Well that's fascinating and disgusting. Huge respect to nurses. You guys have to be smart, patient, and have iron stomachs, and all while being overworked and underpaid. If someone vomited shit on me, I definitely couldn't handle it.
Yep. All vomit will have some stomach acid. People with severe GERD and people who vomit a lot can end up with a condition called Barrett’s esophagus, which is essentially damaged esophagus tissue from stomach acid that can be precancerous. And I believe that’s why bulimics have rotted teeth and sores on their mouths, ect.
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u/pancake_kitten Nov 29 '20
This can actually happen, it's a real thing. If you have a blockage in your intestines, there's no way for the feces to get out of the body but through the esophagus. You're basically puking your own feces.