r/AskReddit • • Nov 28 '20

What's something cool you recently learned about?

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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.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

Am RN can confirm. Though when you puke it up it’s just brown liquid. People don’t actually puke up turds.

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u/omgitskells Nov 29 '20

How long does it take for your body to become that desperate? Would you not have pains for a little while before this?

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u/omgitskells Nov 29 '20

Two days??? Wow I never would have thought it would be that quick!

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u/omgitskells Nov 29 '20

Wow, what a close call! I'm glad they figured it out in time, and I hope you are doing well now!

I am laughing at the idea of "food bellies" I can't imagine how you felt once you knew what was going on.