• _cryptagion [he/him]@anarchist.nexus
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    5 days ago

    ok, so it’s not really breathing through the butt, rather it’s actually an oxygenated enema. as weird as it sounds, I wonder if this would help people who get sick with things like COVID and for whom respirators are no longer working.

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      As previously reported, this is perhaps one of the more unusual research developments to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated shortages of ventilators and artificial lungs to assist patients’ breathing and prevent respiratory failure.

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        I know the article mentions that, but it hasn’t actually been used to attempt to save the life of any human, with any condition. While it’s promising so far, controlled experiments in a lab are not the same as practical use in a real medical emergency.

        Hence why I wonder if it will work.

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      If only they had made this research before they made the Abyss, that could have been a more interesting concept…

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      Also maybe helpful for people with traumatic chest injuries that make it difficult, painful, or internally harmful to breathe normally.

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    I can’t wait for lungs to become a premium feature! Oh boy! Isn’t that great?

    Spread your buttcheeks everyone! Let that smog in!

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        Usually only occurs in young children, but, you can be so constipated that you vomit feces.

        Sorry for ruining your day.

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          I’m a nurse homie. I’m very aware of a lot of the gross things bodies are capable of

          ETA: feces smelling burps are a sign of an intestinal blockage, we really appreciate you sharing that with us early in the hospital before your bowels perforate

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          I was working in a hospital once when a guy with a severe internal gastric bleed threw up feces and ‘coffee ground emesis’

          Very gross.