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I have been feeling much better lately, so me and my boyfriend had a takeaway curry- I ordered mine extra mild! I also had poppadums and pickles. Right at the end of the poppadums I found an extra crispy bit. I just couldn't chew it, so I spat it out. It was a chunk of clear plastic- like the plastic tubs the curry comes in. I fished through the pickles, and found 3 more pieces of plastic, from only a few millimetres in size to about a centimetre and a half (1/2"). Obciously we complained, but now I'm worried I might have swallowed some small pieces without noticing. The plastic was flexible, but thin and with sharp edges. What damage might it do to my insides?!
 
Oh Rebecca, that is horrible! I don't know what you can do really - wait for nature to take its course? Maybe take a laxative to flush stuff out of your system? What did the takeaway place say?
 
I don't want to take a laxative- my poops have only just got back to normal after my bug last week! The takeaway place said they order the pickles in pre-packed from another company, and offered to replace the meal, but I'd almost eaten it all by then so wasn't bothered.

My stomach hurts, but I think it's just anxiety. If I did have plastic and it scraped my insides, I'd know about it, right!
 
Hi,
I think it's the thought of it that is worse than anything! As long as your guts are well enough to eat a curry (and poppadums) they'll be ok with some bits of plastic. I know people who've eaten broken glass without a problem..not that it would be recommended. The guts are really tough normally, and if there were any big bits you certainly would have noticed while chewing. Don't worry.
There's a restaurant to avoid - the pickles at least!
Take it easy.
 
Broken glass?! I'm just counting down the hours to my morning poop- if nothing's happened by then I reckon I'll be in the clear (as dinner usually comes through first thing!)
 
Rebecca, hopefully it'll be okay. I was so worried when I had my pill cam, it seemed just really wrong to swallow a little plastic pill. But it passed just fine and I didn't feel a thing from it. My mom said she once swallowed a coin, I think it was a dime, when she was a child, and that passed just fine too and she didn't experience any pain or problems. So it seems to me that it's not a huge deal if you've maybe swallowed a few small inedible objects. The only things that would be concerning would be if they were too large to pass and might cause a blockage (but it sounds like they're pretty small?) or if they had sharp or jagged edges that might scrape you up on the inside as they pass through.

I hope that you either didn't eat any plastic, or that it passes easily with no problems!
 
Yeah the pieces were pretty small but they were jagged. I am still feeling OK, maybe a little sore but to be honest I probably shouldn't have had curry (I was just soo fed up of bland low res stuff, and it's the weekend!)
 

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