[J_9]

Hamworld, we have plenty of patience. We told you over and over what would happen if you did not have O2 for 5 minutes, yet you kept asking the same thing over and over.

Understand that patience can wear thin if you have to give the same answer almost 40 different times.

[hamworld05]

That's an exaggeration! I did not give the same answer 40 times nor was it even close.

[hamworld05]

Nobody gave the same answers 40 times.

[worthbeads]

You're right, but the point is giving an answer is only important the first or maybe second time. It's like telling a joke. The joke isn't funny if you have to repeat yourself or explain the answer.

[Morganite]

You're right, but the point is giving an answer is only important the first or maybe second time. It's like telling a joke. The joke isn't funny if you have to repeat yourself or explain the answer.

Giving answers to serious questions is nothing like telling jokes.

It could be, and often is, that the questioner needs further and better information, and anything that leads them towards understanding is worthwhile, regardless of the number of attempts it takes to eliucidate the facts.

There is nothing funny about amnesia. I might have had amnesia myself once, but I can't remember.

[Morganite]

Could you live with permanent damage to your brain? You can get permanent damage to your brain from being unable to breath for 5 minutes, right?

Yes, it is possible to live with brain damage. A brain deprived of oxygen for five minutes will suffer irreperable damage if the person survives such a long period of anoxia.

[worthbeads]

Giving answers to serious questions is nothing like telling jokes.

It could be, and often is, that the questioner needs further and better information, and anything that leads them towards understanding is worthwhile, regardless of the number of attempts it takes to eliucidate the facts.

There is nothing funny about amnesia. I might have had amnesia myself once, but I can't remember.

I am aware of that. I used the "jokes" thing as a comparison for proving a particular point.

[hamworld05]

Yes, it is possible to live with brain damage. A brain deprived of oxygen for five minutes will suffer irreperable damage if the person survives such a long period of anoxia.

You didn't say anything about dying. Did you mean including death?

[Morganite]

You didn't say anything about dying. Did you mean including death?

I said "if a person survives." If they do not survive, then they are dead. The degree of brain damage will determine life or death. As a rule, five minutes wothout O2 will be fatal (deadly), but some have been found to buck the trend and survive, usually with massively disabling brain damage.

My advice to you is - DON'T TRY IT!

[hamworld05]

Why is it unlikely to have amnesia?

[hamworld05]

After being unable to breath for 5 minutes... Is it because you'd die?

[Morganite]

After being unable to breath for 5 minutes... Is it because you'd die?

Just so!


M:)

[hamworld05]

That's it? That's why? Just because you can die? What a very simple answer.

[Morganite]

That's it? That's why? Just because you can die? What a very simple answer.

It is a very simple propblem. Deprived of oxygen for a sufficient length of time the brain is unable to compensate, and rapidly begins to suffer damage. The longer the anoxic period, the greater the damage. When the vital centres are sufficiently impaired brain death follows. There is nothing complicated about it.

Cerebral Hypoxia Information Page: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)



M:)

[hamworld05]

Let's say you somehow survived... Why is it still unlikely to have amnesia?

[Morganite]

Let's say you somehow survived... Why is it still unlikely to have amnesia?

It is neither unlikely nor probable. It is, however, possible, but would depend solely on the area of the brain that was affected.

[hamworld05]

If you've somehow survived...

[hamworld05]

It is neither unlikely nor probable. It is, however, possible, but would depend solely on the area of the brain that was affected.

if you've somehow survived, right?

[Morganite]

if you've somehow survived, right?

Just so.



M:)RGANITE

[hamworld05]

I have one more question( I hope) Why does it depend solely on the area of the brain that was affected?