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Life Sciences => Cells, Microbes & Viruses => Topic started by: stana on 04/07/2007 16:18:27
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I was wondering, could i make myself sick? Not using methods like, fake it, or stick my fingers down my throat..Thanks
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you want to be sick?
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I was wondering, could i make myself sick? Not using methods like, fake it, or stick my fingers down my throat..Thanks
Stop eating. Starvation is one of the commonest cause of sickness.
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OOOH You don't want to be sick on purpose friend.. It is hard enough being sick without your added participation in achieving such a goal.
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Listen to a Westlife CD. That should do the trick! [:D]
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Listen to a Westlife CD. That should do the trick! [:D]
HAHA. good one.
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And yes, I do want to make myself sick. Just say..i wanted a day off work, or school or something, and I have to persuade my partner/parent that im ill..How can i do it in say...10 minuteS?
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read this by Chris
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=6916.msg97514#msg97514
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There must be easier ways of taking a sicky? I remember when i was kid just having my head under a pillow for 10 minutes made my face red and sweaty enough to convince my mum.
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There must be easier ways of taking a sicky?
i agree, Stuart. Induced vomiting is not nice. if this is the way you want to go, to show the evidence of your !illness" what about mixing vegetable and chicken soup down the toilet bowl. dad will fall for that one.
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I spose, but is there anyway i can just quickly make myself violently vomit? like to apply pressure or anything to anywhere?
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There are plenty of emetics that are used just for that purpose - but none are nice. Vomiting is the bodies response to some unpleasant environmental encounter (e.g. consumption of poison), so it is not something the body normally does unless it believes it is under assault.
You have to also remember that while vomiting occasionally may be natural (although I have not actually done it since my early teenage years), but regular vomiting will cause acids in the stomach to attack the oesophagus, and potentially risk cancer of the oesophagus, gastric hernia, or all sorts of other issues. Not something to be advised in the longer term (this is a problem for people who suffer from bulimia - I do hope that is not your problem?).
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There are plenty of emetics that are used just for that purpose - but none are nice. Vomiting is the bodies response to some unpleasant environmental encounter (e.g. consumption of poison), so it is not something the body normally does unless it believes it is under assault.
You have to also remember that while vomiting occasionally may be natural (although I have not actually done it since my early teenage years), but regular vomiting will cause acids in the stomach to attack the oesophagus, and potentially risk cancer of the oesophagus, gastric hernia, or all sorts of other issues. Not something to be advised in the longer term (this is a problem for people who suffer from bulimia - I do hope that is not your problem?).
No, i dont suffer from Bulimia, i was just wondering if i could make myself vomit, I asked a freind and he said either punch yourself in the stomach, or apply pressure to the lower region of your neck...I tried applying pressure and that didnt work...and i didnt wanna punch myself in the stomach.