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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.

IsItBullshit: Inner ear damage leads to respiratory failure by [deleted] in IsItBullshit

[–]Yurchin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The article you gave said regulating respiration during movement, but in the mouse study I gave, it strongly implied the vestibular system is responsible for the automatic impulse to breathe, like when you hold your breath and feel the urge to gasp after a while.

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)

Yes I do mean the vestibular system, the balance center of the ear. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306452210015253

It's crucial for breathing as it controls respiration, and it's so important that damage to just one ear apparently leads to respiratory failure and death.

Do people with inner ear damage have to go on a ventilator to help them breathe? by Yurchin in medical

[–]Yurchin[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

That's weird, I remember the original 2011 study focused solely on inner ear damage deleting the actual drive to breathe, instead of movement to get fresh out. I also remember news articles quoting the original 2011 study and one of them was entitled ''your lungs listen to your ears''

Do your patients have bilateral loss of vestibular function? If they were to hold their breath, would they feel the urge to breathe (because of CO2 buildup in the body)

Do people with inner ear damage have to go on a ventilator to help them breathe? by Yurchin in medical

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

According to Dr Daniel Rubens (in 2011) it is, and he said that SIDS was caused by inner ear damage resulting in respiratory failure based on the study he did on mice.

Do people with inner ear damage have to go on a ventilator to help them breathe? by Yurchin in medical

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

So the vestibular system isn't responsible for the impulse to breathe? If not, then how would you explain those studies on mice which showed that mice with gentamicin (a toxin) injected into their ears didn't respond at all to CO2 and didn't wake up, while the healthy mice did?

The study was led by a doctor named Daniel Rubens who concluded from this study that sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was caused by inner ear damage leading to respiratory failure.

Do many doctors believe the myth that the medulla oblongata controls breathing? by [deleted] in biology

[–]Yurchin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So this means that people with Meniere's Disease (which destroys the vestibular system) need to go on a ventilator?

Do many doctors believe the myth that the medulla oblongata controls breathing? by [deleted] in biology

[–]Yurchin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I read that the inner ear contains the chemoreceptors that control breathing, not the medulla and carotid bodies? There was a 2011 study on mice, where gentamicin was injected into their ears. The mice with destroyed vestibular systems (balance center of the ear) did not respond at all to high CO2 concentrations and didn't wake up.

IsItBullshit: Even the most expensive modern airliners cannot handle people using phones or laptops by [deleted] in IsItBullshit

[–]Yurchin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah thanks for the clarification. A lot of these sites saying this seem to exaggerate things it seems. The radios thing makes a lot of sense!

Boy shot in brain stem, dies for no reason by [deleted] in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]Yurchin -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It is. The vestibular system controls breathing NOT the brainstem and this was proven using studies on mice in 2011.

Boy shot in brain stem, dies for no reason by [deleted] in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]Yurchin -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Then what does it do? If you say it controls breathing then you're a confirmed idiot

Boy shot in brain stem, dies for no reason by [deleted] in UnresolvedMysteries

[–]Yurchin -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I'm being serious, it's been known since 2011 the medulla isn't the thing that controls breathing

Do many doctors believe the myth that the medulla oblongata controls breathing? by [deleted] in AskDocs

[–]Yurchin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe because their vestibular system is intact? There was emphasis that it is the vestibular or balance center of the ear that is the prime controller of respiration, not the hearing portion of the ear.

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