Hazard!! Swimming with a Full Stomach

DIRECT activity or exercise after eating will make your stomach feel uncomfortable, especially if the sport is swimming. According to the study, swim in the full stomach condition may increase the risk of drowning.

A study conducted at the Tokyo Women's Medical University revealed that the lag time between the meal with a dip associated with the risk of death. Jedanya shorter, the greater the risk of accidents resulting in death.

The researchers revealed that after analyzing 536 cases of deaths that occurred between April 2000 until December 2007. The analysis is based on the results of an autopsy that revealed the conditions and causes of death experienced by the victims.

Other conditions were observed between levels of alcohol in the blood and the remaining residue or solid food in the stomach of the victim was observed with the naked eye. The presence of residual solids showed that the victim did not eat for too long before he died.

Among the cases of death due to accidental factors, as much as 79.4 percent, or about 27 of the 34 cases occurred in fully charged condition of the stomach the food. This means that most cases of accidents resulting in drowning victims are associated with feeding activity shortly before.

While the deaths of 111 suspected cases motivated attempt suicide, 51 cases of which are done in a way to drown himself. A total of 43.1 percent of suicides committed by drowning themselves in situations where a full stomach.

Based on the percentage of cases lost due to accidents with the percentage of suicide cases, the condition of the stomach contents have more to do with death as an accidental drowning victim. In the case of suicide, the stomach contents have no effect because of the efforts to end life can be done anytime.

"This study proves what we already believe all this time, based on the observation of a case by case," writes Prof. Peter Venesis in an editorial in the journal Medicine, Science and the Law, as quoted from Medicalnewstoday, Tuesday (26/7).
Prof Venesis reveals, a full stomach condition increases the risk of drowning in some ways are as follows.

A. Trigger satiety mintahan bowels when submerged, which if clogged throat can cause shortness of breath.
2. Blood flow is concentrated in the abdomen to perform the digestive process, so that the brain is deprived of blood and is easy to lose consciousness.

In addition to the condition of the bowels, the study also revealed that levels of alcohol in the blood also increase the risk of drowning. The higher levels of alcohol in the blood, the greater the risk of accidents while swimming, which can lead to death