Is it dangerous to lie on my arm until it goes dead in order to give myself 'a stranger'?
2007-01-22 22:24:04 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Men's Health
As long as the 'stranger' doesn't start clumsily making cups of coffee and scald you.
2007-01-22 22:27:26 · answer #1 · answered by future_man_uk 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What's a "stranger"? And yes, cutting off the circulation to your arm IS dangerous if for an extended time. This pressure can also squeeze arteries, stopping them from carrying nutrients to body cells. Without these nutrients, the nerve cells may behave abnormally, which can further interfere with communicating bodily sensations.
Due to both these factors, the information transmitted from the body part becomes somewhat jumbled, and the brain receives strange messages. Some nerve cells don't transmit any information and others start sending impulses erratically. This causes you to feel a strange tingling sensation, which actually serves an important function. Your foot falling asleep for 10 minutes doesn't pose any health threat, but if you were to cut off circulation for an extended period of time -- several hours -- you could suffer serious nerve damage. The initial tingling sensation tells you that you might want to readjust your position.
2007-01-23 06:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
watch you don't lie on it too long, it is known as Saturday night palsy - where people come home drunk and fall asleep on a lounge chair in an odd position. Often they cut off the circulation to their arms - in extreme cases their arms have had to be amputated because blood flow was stopped for too long and their arm develops gangrene from dead tissue and no oxygen.
2007-01-23 06:37:54 · answer #3 · answered by of Light 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just don't do it for too long, blood is essential for every body part. Deprive your extremities of blood for too long and you could cause them irreperable damage by gangreene (fingers especially).
**For those not in the know, it's a masturbatory technique. A numb hand feels like your getting it from a stranger**
2007-01-23 07:39:07 · answer #4 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is a "stranger" ... I gotta go look this up.
And yes, laying on your arm till it goes dead is dangerous ... common sense.
2007-01-23 06:52:36 · answer #5 · answered by +No longer a Yahoo answerer+ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lack of blood flow can eventually cause tissue damage and it is easy to break your arm when it has no feeling. as long as you are careful and dont cut the circulation of to long it should be ok.
2007-01-23 06:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by searay092003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not dangerous but pretty stupid if you are doing it intetionally. If it is happening in your sleep then you should try to adopt an alternative to your usual going to sleep position.
2007-01-23 06:29:07 · answer #7 · answered by RICHARD G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
naa. Otherwise sleeping would be dangerous cause I put body parts to sleep like that all the time.
2007-01-23 06:27:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, no i don't think it's dangerous. say hello to the stranger for me and have fun!
2007-01-23 06:27:32 · answer #9 · answered by The Pig! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lol,
I would not worry too much about it, as long as the arm keeps regaining its feeling.
2007-01-23 06:27:16 · answer #10 · answered by Timothy C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋