You will not believe, to find out what scientists do at times. This time they decided to find out how long it takes for the pieces of LEGO to pass through the digestive tract of an adult. In the end, LEGO playing boys and girls older than thirty. A group of researchers from several medical institutions in Australia and the UK have published the results of their study in the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, and also explained the reasons for conducting such research. Well, let’s move down the digestive tract.
Most parents know that, despite all efforts, children often ingest inedible items which later appear in their feces. Children often swallow coins — and right behind them are small toys. Parents often ask doctors how long the toy should come out. The question, of course, reasonable, because if the child will not be able to get rid of a foreign body, it can cause problems. Therefore, the researchers decided to conduct an experiment, how long will it take a small toy (in this case, the head of LEGO) to pass through the digestive tract of an adult. For obvious reasons, children in the study were not used.
After a time, swallowed a toy?
In the experiments, six adults (three men, three women) working in the field of Pediatrics, has agreed to swallow a LEGO head, and then sift through each subsequent eruption of the intestines until you find a tiny toy. The scientists also asked them to write down their observations — it was interesting to learn how toys can affect the digestion in the process.
In the end it turned out that the transit of toys and the body is from 1.14 to 3.04 days — an average of 1.71 days. Although one person reported that despite great efforts, he never found the head in his chair. Perhaps he simply missed, or the head of a man forever in his gut.
Scientists admit that they weren’t sure whether the results for kids are similar, and also referred to the inability to conduct the study “blind” when the volunteers don’t know what they are fed and what is coming out.
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