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Is It Safe To Swallow Pus?

is it bad to swallow pus? i was suffering from peritonsilitis alongwith an abscess near my nasal pharynx, although i spitted out a lot of that foul tasting, foul smelling liquid, some of it went down, and i swallowed. What happens now. Age: 30 weight: 60 height: 168 cms
Mon, 7 Jul 2014
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hiii
if it had occurred than no prb
but better to take precautions

because pus has infected material and it is chance it can spread in your GI system but in rare cases

take care of it and used to spit regularly
take proper treatment and it will go within one week
thank u
dnt worry if u are on antibiotics than it is very less chanceof infection in other area
thank u
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Is It Safe To Swallow Pus?

hiii if it had occurred than no prb but better to take precautions because pus has infected material and it is chance it can spread in your GI system but in rare cases take care of it and used to spit regularly take proper treatment and it will go within one week thank u dnt worry if u are on antibiotics than it is very less chanceof infection in other area thank u