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Unsolicited homosexuality (along with feigning abusive parents or depression) is a Reddit karma tactic.
Whatever "unsolicited homosexuality" is, this ain't it, chief.
Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
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Re: Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
#102> Because they are highly dense, perfluorocarbons can also help flush mucus out of the intestine > Introducing oxygen to the intestines would probably kill the microbes involved in digestion Combining these two for any significant amount of time seems like a recipe for microbiota dysbiosis. It would be interesting to somehow determine if most of the oxygen is absorbed in the small or large intestine. Mucus is what ke…
If you’ve got a tube up your arse so you can breathe through your bowels, you’ve got bigger issues than microbiome ones. Even not needing that but being sick enough they’re considering that (if it was ever adopted) you’re going to have problems / you’re probably on wild cocktails of drugs.
It is very unlikely much if any of the tested fluids were reaching the small bowel - between the small and large bowels (you probably know this) you have the iliocaecal valve (which can reflux) but the change in diameter means that even if it was incompetent moving any sort of volume would need a cannulation of that valve
Re: Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
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People have no idea how important the microbiome is to their health. At the very least, one should make a "backup" of the microbiome so it can be repopulated later in case something goes pear-shaped. Messing with stuff can cause all kinds of endotoxin / auto-immune issues.
I'm no medical science person, but I had surgery a year ago for some type of severe gangrene, and while I miraculously came out whole, I'm still suffering horrible digestive issues that had nothing to do with it, presumably from the antibiotics needed to nuke the bad bacteria (because of intolerance to the one that was more efficient they had to use more indiscriminate solutions). It didn't specifically cause the iss…
I had antibiotics induced digestive problems too. I saw a specialist and the treatment was another cocktail of antibiotics.
It worked immediately after taking the first dose.
Re: Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
#104Earlier quoted context omitted.
People have no idea how important the microbiome is to their health. At the very least, one should make a "backup" of the microbiome so it can be repopulated later in case something goes pear-shaped. Messing with stuff can cause all kinds of endotoxin / auto-immune issues.
I'm no medical science person, but I had surgery a year ago for some type of severe gangrene, and while I miraculously came out whole, I'm still suffering horrible digestive issues that had nothing to do with it, presumably from the antibiotics needed to nuke the bad bacteria (because of intolerance to the one that was more efficient they had to use more indiscriminate solutions). It didn't specifically cause the iss…
Go to sprouts/whholefoods/mother's and get the most expensive probiotics like the emergency 5 day version. Repeat maybe a few weeks after.
Re: Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
#105> Because they are highly dense, perfluorocarbons can also help flush mucus out of the intestine > Introducing oxygen to the intestines would probably kill the microbes involved in digestion Combining these two for any significant amount of time seems like a recipe for microbiota dysbiosis. It would be interesting to somehow determine if most of the oxygen is absorbed in the small or large intestine. Mucus is what ke…
People have no idea how important the microbiome is to their health. At the very least, one should make a "backup" of the microbiome so it can be repopulated later in case something goes pear-shaped. Messing with stuff can cause all kinds of endotoxin / auto-immune issues.
How does one make such a backup?
Re: Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
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Cameron seems to make a big deal of "the rat really survived" (5 rats, in fact), glossing over the fact that the shocking animal cruelty was also real. It's rather hypocritical to pride yourself on the realism of the scene, while cutting all the parts where the rats defecate from panic.
You better not know what else scientists do to rats. And please, don't even start on the argument that they do it for science and not for entertainment. Entertainment in the form of science fiction is crucial for inspiring new generations of scientists.
> You better not know what else scientists do to rats.
Most people know what scientists do to animals—there have been enough awareness campaigns over the years. Animal experiments are tolerated, and usually strictly regulated [1], because they can potentially improve the lives of people.
> Entertainment in the form of science fiction is crucial for inspiring new generations of scientists.
I don't see why that (if it is true at all) is a reason to abuse animals for movies. If you wanted, you could make 'inspiring' science fiction showing harm to animals by using special effects.
[1]: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A...
Re: Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
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I don't have the source but the navy tried something similar for allowing scuba divers to fill there lungs with oxygen rich liquid I don't think it was perfluorocarbons but the ended canceling the project because while they could oxygenated someone they were unable to exchange out carbon and ultimately the person they experimented on (yes human experiment) died from CO2 toxicity. Id be interested to see how long they…
If I recall correctly, similar experiment have been tried lately, where the subject survive. (maybe because they were shorter than the navy's one) However, the subjects stated afterward that they felt adequately oxygenated, but also were on the verge of panic due to the constant feeling of drowning induce by having your lungs filled with liquid. None of them felt like they would be able to do any kind of productive t…
Whenever I have a tiny bit of water “go down the wrong pipe” I think about how truly awful it must feel to drown. Just inhaling a teeny tiny amount of water is so uncomfortable and sometimes even scary even though you can still breath and you know everything will be perfectly fine. I can’t even imagine how awful that sensation must have been for the people involved in this experiment.
Re: Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
People have no idea how important the microbiome is to their health. At the very least, one should make a "backup" of the microbiome so it can be repopulated later in case something goes pear-shaped. Messing with stuff can cause all kinds of endotoxin / auto-immune issues.
How does one make such a backup?
Core dump and cold storage.
Re: Mammals can breathe through their intestines (2021)
#109Both intestines and lungs are epithelial tissue covered in mucus. I'm not that shocked by this news. Edit: though I don't like the title. It's not breathing. It's absorbing oxygen. Breathing involves inhalation and exhalation.
Both are also essentially diffusion surfaces for transfering vital substances into (and in the case of lungs, also out of) the body.
The surface area of the lungs is commonly compared to that of half a tennis court, about 80--100 m^2. Checking just now, the surface area of the human digestive tract is about 32 m^2: