If someone suddenly attacks me with a pocket knife, for example, they’ll most likely immediately go right for my belly, since I am 6’5" tall, and stab or rip it open. Therefore, I’m curious how fatal and painful such a wound is?

  • cerement@slrpnk.net
    24·
    10 months ago
    • purely from anecdotal, no medical knowledge involved …
      • supposedly incredibly painful – not just skin nerves, but all the stuff surrounding your guts (stomach aches, cramping, etc.)
      • depending on getting emergency medical help – not immediately fatal but huge risk of infection and sepsis (stuff inside your guts is supposed to stay quarantined inside your guts)
    • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      Ya, from what I understand, you won’t die quickly from it, but you’ll wish you did. Supposedly, you can survive a disembowelment for a long time as long as it all stays attached to you.

  • WhimsicalSofa@lemmynsfw.com
    14·
    10 months ago

    There are some big veins and arteries running through there not too far from the surface. If your assailant gets one you are on a pretty quick trip to the morgue. As others have mentioned, sepsis is a real problem—if your intestines take a hit, the normally helpful bacteria in there can go straight into your bloodstream. That is a painful, nasty, and prolonged death.

    • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
      7·
      10 months ago

      In September my mom’s bowel ruptured due to a very large hernia she’d had for 20 years. She survived, but she spent a month in ICU recovering from the sepsis. The surgeries, the colostomy, none of it held a candle to the recovery from the sepsis. She was delirious for 3 weeks. Childlike, even. We thought it had done permanent brain damage, but thank God she recovered.

      That was in September, it is now nearly 7 months later and she still can’t walk. She just doesn’t have the strength in he legs, and her blood pressure has not recovered. It’s very low, and when she stands it drops even worse, making it a risk she’ll pass out.

      Sepsis is no fucking joke. The day she got sick I’ve never seen a human in that much pain. I’m really grateful that she doesn’t remember it, because it still gives me nightmares.

  • valkyre09@lemmy.world
    8·
    10 months ago

    You OK buddy? I saw a reply further down this thread that gives me the impression this is less than a shower thought and more of a genuine fear

  • z00s@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 months ago

    Have heard that belly wounds are a slow and painful way to die. That being said, you’d have a better chance of survival than being stabbed in the chest.

    …or so I’m told 🤔

  • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    10 months ago

    Depends how fat you are. All blades will hurt a lot. Less than 3 inches shouldn’t be fatal, but anything can happen. 3-6 inches is going to depend on what gets hit and how bad, but you’re looking at a 30-50% chance of dieing as a best case scenario. More than 6 inches, and it’s probably time to make peace with your god.