like if you fell asleep in the bath & started 2 drown wud u wake up?
2006-06-23 10:51:19 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Yes, you can drown in sleep. However, you will have to be in very deep sleep. There's a sleeping disorder called sleep apnea, in which the person wakes up frequently because they struggle to breathe. If you just lay down in a bath tub and fall sleep, you will most likely wake up if you start having difficulty in breathing. But if you are in very deep sleep or unconscious (alcohol induced, sedative drugs, etc.), then you might not wake up because the nervous system is under involuntary control since you're unconscious or close to it.
2006-06-23 11:50:17 · answer #1 · answered by tron 2 · 8⤊ 1⤋
In an unconscious state the body's natural response is to stop breathing when water enters through the mouth or nose. Yes, you risk drowning should you fall asleep in the bathtub and not wake up before your oxygen supply depletes before you regain consciousness and lift your head above water to breath fresh air.
2006-06-23 11:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by bow_wow_wow_yippieo_yippiea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't have any kind of sleeping disorder or drunk or some kind of system dysfunction. you wont drown while asleep, because once your body starts lacking oxygen, impulse would be sent to your brain.. thereby waking you waking you up to consciousness
2006-06-23 17:11:58 · answer #3 · answered by zube 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it happened to an old family friend of mine. Returning home drunk (as usual) he decided to lie down in a ditch and go to sleep. He slept face down and drowned in barely a trickle of water, seems he inhaled it somehow. It was written on his death certificate that cause of death was by drowning..
2006-06-23 10:56:34 · answer #4 · answered by panthericus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is possible to fall asleep in the bathtub and drown. because once you are truly asleep, its hard to wake up and its like dying in your sleep because you would not notice.
2006-06-23 10:58:15 · answer #5 · answered by jessica 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can drown in half inch of water or upto i think it is 72 hours after water gets in lungs (secondary drowning - lungs trying to flush liquid out)
think u would prob go unconcious so no you would not wake up
2006-06-23 11:09:49 · answer #6 · answered by jono 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES if you are comotose or are on drugs, alcohol and are nearly frozen! It happens a lot with people drugged. In fact people can even drown on their own vomit when drunk-drugged.
2006-06-23 11:00:13 · answer #7 · answered by gopigirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so, but if you were in a deep sleep maybe not
2006-06-23 10:53:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-06-23 15:02:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how much of a DEEP sleep your in, but I wouldnt think so.
2006-06-23 10:57:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋