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Re: Don't laugh. Serious injuries
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2016, 08:37:09 PM »
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/patient-burned-mid-surgery-explosion-laser-ignites-fart-article-1.2852543

Poor lady. Burns are a serious injury, and this procedure was in an especially sensitive area.  I hope she recovers well.

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Re: Don't laugh. Serious injuries
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2016, 10:05:01 PM »
DH swears this happens when I sleep and I never really believed him. I read this article and my heart bleeds for this poor young woman. How in the world could it have been prevented??

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Re: Don't laugh. Serious injuries
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2016, 03:39:52 PM »
How in the world could it have been prevented??

Hm, just an idea, but I saw a related passage in the book, Gulp.
Igniting flatulence used to be a problem with colonoscopy.
Medical research found the colon can be inflated with CO2to dilute the methane gas.
The methane level has to be >4% concentration to catch fire.

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Re: Don't laugh. Serious injuries
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2016, 01:51:45 AM »
How in the world could it have been prevented??

Hm, just an idea, but I saw a related passage in the book, Gulp.
Igniting flatulence used to be a problem with colonoscopy.
Medical research found the colon can be inflated with CO2to dilute the methane gas.
The methane level has to be >4% concentration to catch fire.
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