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I confess my first thought was mixing oxygen in a methane environment inside the body isn't ideal. And this isn't a joke..... for example, cyclopropane is an e
by TheManInThePub 5y ago
I confess my first thought was mixing oxygen in a methane environment inside the body isn't ideal.
And this isn't a joke..... for example, cyclopropane is an excellent anaesthetic gas but no longer used due to the explosion risk. I believe (?) there was a case of a patients throat catching fire on the operating table.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhalational_anesthetic#Gases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhalational_anesthetic#Gases
- nabla9 5y agoMixing oxygen and methane is OK. Just don't introduce fire. Methane in surgery can lead to flames when surgeons use electrocautery.
- dtech 5y agoI don't think the trace amounts of methane humans produce is enough to be any real danger...
- jgalt212 5y agosome frat boys beg to differ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart_lighting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart_lighting
- amluto 5y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracolonic_explosion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracolonic_explosion
- meowface 5y ago>An intracolonic explosion or colonic gas explosion is an explosion inside the colon of a person due to ignition of explosive gases such as methane. This can happen during colonic exploration, as a result of the electrical nature of a colonoscope. The result can be acute colonic perforation, which can be fatal. Welp.
- sm0ss117 5y agoIf my choice is between definitely dying of boring old hypoxia and maybe dying in a cool explosion I know which one I'm picking. But to be serious it's risk management and if the patient is definitely going to die of low oxygen then the patient having a risk of dying another way is still a lower risk.
- pessimizer 5y agoIf I'm going to die from a small internal explosion, I'd rather it start at the other side of the tube. If my guts explode, I might still have a few more days to live.