Some people think of sword swallowing as a magic trick.

This is one of the many reasons why sword swallowing is dangerous.

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Several sources support the idea that there's a trick to sword swallowing.

However, other medical literature has cited sword swallowing as a cause of death.

The human body can do some pretty amazing things, from sword swallowing to walking on fire.

Those three steps can sound deceptively easy, but sword swallowing is extremely difficult to master.

Much like in sword swallowing, this can take a lot of practice.

A 59-year-old man experienced chest pain and severe dysphagia following practice for his sword swallowing act.

We'll look at some of the hazards of sword swallowing in the next section.