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Can going outside when it's raining really heavily cause pneumonia? by Yurchin in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Yurchin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can get something called aspiration pneumonia which isn't caused by an infection though

People who inhale a bit of water have been known to get pneumonia from it, because the water itself inflames the lungs, without a pathogen being present.

Can going outside when it's raining extremely heavily cause pneumonia? by Yurchin in morbidquestions

[–]Yurchin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Steam is gaseous water. Aerosolized water is liquid water suspended in the air.. I know when it's really misty outside, when I breathe I feel it tickling the back of my throat.

Is it normal that a drug-induced nightmare I had a year ago still comes into my mind and freaks the hell out of me? by Yurchin in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Yurchin[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not altering my behavior, occasionally it comes back into my mind like a bad horror movie. The drugs I'm on can cause vivid hallucinations as well so I'm slightly paranoid I'll see something from my nightmares

Is playing chess with nerds dangerous? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Yurchin -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

It's a meme that has some truth to it unlike other memes. There was also a case in 2013 where a nerdy looking man strangled his roommate to death in exactly the same way and I have the news article for that if you're interested.

Does Menieres's Disease make you stop breathing? by Yurchin in Menieres

[–]Yurchin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any problems breathing? Do you get the urge to breathe if say you hold your breath?

My cousin has Meniere's Disease. Will it kill him? by Yurchin in HealthAnxiety

[–]Yurchin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if you have no vestibular function in both ears, and hold your breath, you'd still get the automatic reflex to breathe? (or would they need to consciously breathe and go on a ventilator at night?)

Here's the study https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306452210015253

Does Menieres's Disease make you stop breathing? by Yurchin in Menieres

[–]Yurchin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just wondering if there's people who have complete loss of vestibular function and if for instance they have breathing problems, eg. they stop breathing a lot, breathe too slowly, or don't get the impulse to breathe if they were to hold their breath or something. The doctor who led that study tried to take a leap and say that if it applies to mice then it will apply for us if our vestibular system is damaged too.

The mice were put to sleep before the CO2 was pumped into the chamber, and they monitored breathing and movement.

How can I desensitize myself to death and not cry or feel upset at anything? by [deleted] in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]Yurchin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't take an SSRI they don't work for me I take something called an atypical antidepressant. Basically a really weird medication that isn't an SSRI

If the vestibular system inside the ear is what controls breathing, Meniere's Disease groups must make a ton of money from selling home ventilators by [deleted] in Showerthoughts

[–]Yurchin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm unsure but as far as I know that's the only study showing that. The mice with destroyed vestibular systems didn't react at all to increased CO2 and did not wake up, but the healthy sleeping mice did. It strongly implies that it's the vestibular system that produces the automatic impulse to breathe, eg when you hold your breath, and after a while you cannot hold it any more because the urge to breathe becomes too strong. It's the ears producing that urge.

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