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Can you get a air embolism from sex

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Cazz10 · 01/09/2018 12:43

Just Wondering can you get a air embolism from doing it doggy style ..I do get a lot of trapped air when doing it this position

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HoleyCoMoley · 01/09/2018 12:43

Google itConfused

catinboots9 · 01/09/2018 12:44

Isn't en embolism in your bloodstream? Confused

crosstalk · 01/09/2018 12:44

Technically yes.

HaveSomeGrace · 01/09/2018 12:45

What’s your aibu?

KatieMarieJ · 01/09/2018 12:46

Possible but very rare. More usual in pregnant and 6 weeks post partum women. Always part of DDX for cardiac arrest in young women and/or for women who've arrested during or shortly after intercourse.

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Cazz10 · 01/09/2018 12:47

@ Havesomegrace well aibu to think u can get a air embolism from sex

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Aprilshowersinaugust · 01/09/2018 12:49

If a dp blew up you vagina then yes you can.

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Cazz10 · 01/09/2018 12:51

Nope he didn't blow up my vagina .. But also wondering how long after sex would it take to get a air embolism

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Rebecca36 · 01/09/2018 12:57

Definitely. Go to A&E immediately and tell them what you've been doing and what you think has happened. Then come back and tell us what they said. I can't wait.

H1dingInSight · 01/09/2018 12:58

an air embolism.

Why are you asking, exactly?

KatieMarieJ · 01/09/2018 12:59

Are you asking because you've possibly had some weird symptoms that you're thinking might be an embolism?

SnuggyBuggy · 01/09/2018 13:02

What if someone sneezes when going down on someone? Would that cause an air embolism?

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Cazz10 · 01/09/2018 13:04

Rebecca36 very funny 😂 not

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SendintheArdwolves · 01/09/2018 13:06

OK, op, I know you're a child and it's perfectly normal to be curious about sex. Don't be embarrassed.

There is an urban myth that blowing air into a woman's vagina will cause an air embolism and kill her. Its not true - while it is technically possible to die if an air bubble gets into your bloodstream, it is not possible to do that by blowing into a vagina, or indeed from vaginal intercouse.

So if anyone at school tells you they "had a friend who said that happened to their cousin" it's not true and nothing to worry about.

3girlmama · 01/09/2018 13:06

I can't think how, physically, it could give you one.
An embolism is in the bloodstream. The female pelvic organs/vagina are sealed unit, iykwim. You may get an influx of air going in the vagina but it can't go anywhere else and not into your blood stream. X

SeekingClosure · 01/09/2018 13:07

I remember reading in the paper about a woman who died from air in her bloodstream after having sex when she'd recently given birth. I was a new mother at the time so about 20 years ago.

So yes it is possible, I don't know why people are making fun.

Mummyoflittledragon · 01/09/2018 13:12

Just googled. Yes. It’s rare but blowing into the vagina can cause it. www.healthline.com/health/air-embolism

Why are you asking op?

BlueSky198080 · 01/09/2018 13:12

Seriously Grin

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Cazz10 · 01/09/2018 13:13

@seekingclosure thanks for your sensible answer obviously some people are nasty and enjoy making fun outta others @sendintheardwolves no actually I'm not a child

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Cazz10 · 01/09/2018 13:15

@Mummyoflittledragon thank you I'm asking as there was a lot of trapped air when having sex and just afraid there's some left behind

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Mummyoflittledragon · 01/09/2018 13:23

I was replying to SendintheArdwolves with the blowing in the vagina thing.

I think the risk is phenomenally low. What I meant when I said Why are you asking is are you having any symptoms?

onetimeposter · 01/09/2018 13:27

There is only a risk as far as I'm aware, by oral sex involving blowing into the vagina, immediately postpartum because the blood vessels where the placenta were attached are still open, thus giving access to the bloodstream.
This is very, very dangerous. As far as intercourse goes however, I haven't heard of anything risky, although, I wouldn't advise rough doggy before or after giving birth.
If you are a normally healthy female I fail to see how having normal sex would cause an embolus.
HTH

UpstartCrow · 01/09/2018 13:29

The risk is post partum, and this is one reason why we have a midwife tell us when it's safe to have intercourse.

Death rates of women who don't have an NHS style service are much higher than the UK.

onetimeposter · 01/09/2018 13:33

Why on earth anyone would want oral sex after giving birth is beyond me. However, I understand that in abusive marriages, especially in countries where women do not have access to a welfare state but are dependent on men to pay for their children, sex may be forced on women before they are ready.
TBH I never had a midwife discuss sex with me postpartum.

TornFromTheInside · 01/09/2018 13:37

You can also have a heart attack, stroke, broken arm, concussion, itchy bottom, excessive thirst, messed up hair, smudged lipstick and countless other things before, during or after sex.

It's a dangerous world out there.

Go slowly, wear support, adorn a crash helmet, take an antihistamine, a bottle of water, a pair of curling tongues, lipstick and a good book...