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PVC is also used in IV bags so I wonder how much of the contamination might have come from someone's surgical drip compared to them drinking from deteriorating
by I_Am_Nous 3y ago
PVC is also used in IV bags so I wonder how much of the contamination might have come from someone's surgical drip compared to them drinking from deteriorating water pipes at home.
- downrightmike 3y agoThe phenomenon of bad taste or smell is explained by the mechanism of volatile substances, released from saline when injected into the bloodstream and then eliminated by the respiratory system and thus detected by the patients in the air expired by the olfactory system. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806387/#:~:text=The%20phenomenon%20of%20bad%20taste,expired%20by%20the%20olfactory%20system https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806387/#:~:tex....
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoThe only time I experienced this is when I donated blood with an Alyx machine because it centrifuges the blood to separate the red blood cells to donate a double unit of RBC for trauma victims. It gives you back your plasma with some anticlotting agent and you taste/smell/feel it in your breath lol