And then it got worse.

  • @[email protected]
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    297 months ago

    I saw some rules like 30 years ago on survivor chances based on their behavior, I have trouble finding them but roughly it was:

    Half of those who go unconscious but then wake up within an hour will survive

    75% of those who vomit but stop within an hour will live, but 25% of those who cannot stop vomiting will live.

    It went on into burn patients as well - it was data from the nuclear blasts in WW2. I remember it because years later when I did some medicine I realized the first one was brain injury and the second was intestinal radiation injury. If your intestines were sterilized you won’t be here much longer.

    • @SupraMario
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      67 months ago

      If your intestines were sterilized you won’t be here much longer.

      Is this from lack of gut bacteria or infection? Or just cooked organs?

      • @datelmd5sum
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        97 months ago

        I think intestineal issues are the first symptom of your DNA being so fucked you can’t produce new cells. The cells in your guts needs constant replenishment and things go bad quick down there without new cells.

        • @SupraMario
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          77 months ago

          So basically gut necrosis. Fucking hell that’s bad.

      • @Maggoty
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        37 months ago

        Por que no los dos?

        • @SupraMario
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          27 months ago

          Fair enough, radiation isn’t exactly kind to our bodies.

      • @Agent641
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        27 months ago

        When your digestive system has no active biome, it can’t function and can’t reboot itself, even if new bacteria is introduced later.