It is Sunday again and I hope everyone is having a good and safe 4th weekend…..and as usual I had to find something that would keep with my tradition of asking questions that need asking but few ask them.
A few months back I had a rib injury and the most pain I experienced was when I had to sneeze….fact it while my bib is better I still have some pain when I sneeze.
Every time I sneeze and have that rush of pain I think just how much worse could a sneeze be?
Well I had to ask….
A man in Florida had such an epic sneeze that he pushed his intestines outside his body, a vivid scenario that makes the phrase “spilling your guts” horrifically literal.
The 63-year-old man, who just had staples taken out from a surgical incision, was having breakfast with his wife at a diner when he sneezed hard and coughed, according to a study published in the American Journal of Medical Case Reports, which goes into excruciating detail about the gruesome incident.
Immediately upon feeling pain and wetness in his lower abdomen, the man looked down to see “several loops of pink bowel protruding from his recent surgical site.”
Despite the shock and horror he may have been experiencing, the man had enough forbearance to cover up his protruding intestines and waived the idea of driving himself to the hospital in case moving around would injure him more.
His wife then called for an ambulance. First responders noted that he had a three-inch “vertical laceration with ‘large amounts of bowel’ protruding through it,” with very little bleeding.
After that I thought how much worse could a sneeze be?
Since I try to be an FYI on Sundays I had to find out….
Sneezing is normally a protective mechanism that keeps potentially harmful things – such as dust, bacteria and viruses – out of our respiratory system. The process is controlled by the so-called “sneezing centre” in the brain’s medulla (which governs autonomic functions, including breathing). It’s activated by the presence of irritants in the lining of the nose and airways, which send impulses to the centre.
The response is a closing of your eyes, throat and mouth while your chest muscles contract – compressing your lungs and driving air out of your respiratory system. This forces whatever triggered the response “out” of your system at an impressive speed – up to 15.9m/s (35mph) in some cases.
But despite the benefits of a good sneeze, it can sometimes come with a greater risk of injury than many might realise.
There are also cases of sneezing tearing the delicate tissues of the lungs. This happens when the higher pressure air deep in the lungs escapes into the space between the chest and the lung, causing this air to compress the lung on one or both sides of the chest.
We just celebrated the signing of the DoI and as usual there was fireworks and more fireworks….every idiot with an extra $5 had to set some off for some unknown reason and every year I wait to see how many have done harm to their bodies by being stupid with something this dangerous.
I found the champ of Stupid!
The wife of a man who died after placing a lit firework on top of his head says she thought her husband was ‘showboating’ before realising he’d made a deadly mistake.
Allen Ray McGrew, 41, was celebrating 4 July with his family, and was also toasting his son Hunter’s engagement.
Allen’s wife, Paige McGrew, told The Post and Courier: “Allen loved this holiday. He was a patriot, he was proud of his son and he was excited to have a new daughter-in-law. He was living his best life last night.”
She added that Allen ‘didn’t drink regularly’, and the party was to be his last blow-out before staying off the booze for a while.
Around 10.30pm, Paige noticed her husband – who was wearing a stars and stripes Uncle Sam outfit for the occasion – was ‘holding this firework over his top hat’.
She thought her husband was ‘just showboating before he set it on the ground’ but then realized ‘he had already lit it’ and despite her warnings, the firework erupted.
Following that, Allen then collapsed, according to Dorchester County Sheriff’s department, before he was pronounced dead at the scene at 11.10pm.
Coroners say his cause of death is the result of ‘massive head injuries’ which would’ve killed him immediately.
Paige said of her husband: “He was a genuine, good person and he loved life. He worked hard and he played hard.”
The risks associated with fireworks is a worrying one, with Cal Fire’s Santa Clara Unit, Chelsea Burkett, recently warning residents not to set off fireworks themselves because of the danger they pose – such as starting fires.
She told NBC Bay Area: “It happens every year. We see it often and we strongly encourage residents to let the professionals do the show.”
Meanwhile, Medical director of the Regional Burn Center at Valley Medical Center, Dr Cliff Sheckter, warned illegal fireworks can be even more dangerous.
He said: “These are mortars, small pieces of dynamite. These can and will blow off your fingers and your hands. We see every year.
“Unfortunately, these types of injuries are not reparable in most circumstances and that obviously is life-altering.”
(unilad.com)
Moral of the story….fireworks and booze do not mix well.
