A doctor has claimed that it ’s possible , under rare and certain circumstances , to fart yourself blind . Yes , we too are questioning .
Plastic operating surgeon turned part - time Tik Tok starDr Anthony Youngave an unlikely reception to an even more improbable commentary claiming “ I once break wind so hard I went blind for 3 minutes " . The operating surgeon station a video to address the comment , backing up the possibility .
" Although this is very unlikely , if the throttle you extend is extremely pungent , it could check large sum of hydrogen sulfide , " the doctor say in the video .
“ cogitation show that hydrogen sulphide is very effective in reducing blood air pressure . And if it reduce line press to the cardinal retinal artery , your silent but deadly bender could theoretically make you go unreasoning . So be careful if you ’re make a lot of bubble in your bathing tub . ”
So , is this plausible ? have ’s look at the act .
Hydrogen sulfide is something that can cause your gasoline to be specially acrid , with the odour compare withrotten eggs or cabbage . It ’s also true that photograph to mellow levels of the gas can cause " respiratory symptomsthat range from coryza to penetrating respiratory failure " at concentration from 10 - 500 parts per million ( ppm ) , to being immediately fatal at 500 - 1,000 ppm .
It ’s also unfeigned that the gaseous state can " involve multiple organs , causing temporary or permanent derangements in the neural , cardiovascular , nephritic , hepatic , and hematologic systems . " I.e. get enough of it in your system , and you could increase your blood pressure as discover by Youn .
However , you would have to be bring out a hell of a lot of the gas in Holy Order to reach these insecure thresholds . Thanks to astudyby gastroenterologist Michael Levitt from the Minneapolis Veterans ’ Affairs Medical Centre , we know that concentrations found in the breaking wind of the healthy are at around 30.69 ppm , or 30.69 mg per liter .
As hefty humans produce a volume of flatulenceranging from 476 to 1,491 milliliters , this means you would either have to find some form of system of rules of depot without the flatulence dissipating , then inhale it all at the end of a few days , or drive all your day-to-day tolerance out in one go to even be approach insecure levels of H sulphide inhalation . Then you would have to be unlucky enough for it to boil down pressure to your cardinal retinal artery .
In short , unless you make special arrangements , you are probably not blend in to break wind yourself unreasoning .
