But your rectum does not absorb any oxygen
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
You can breathe through your rectum, too, technically; but it’s not fast enough at getting oxygen in your system to keep you from suffocating.
I am suspecting that eating food that way may have the same issue.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
Look up the term “enteral ventilation via anus.”
BurgerBaron@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
TIL. Apparently there were studies done using an oxygen-enriched enema potentially for drowned people to resuscitate them. Didn’t work lol.
asdfranger@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
I’m not thinking about actual undigested food, but special food “slurry”, with nutrients specifically arranged and concentrated for maximum absorption.