oral sex can cause death?!?

Question

I read a fascinating article on the possibility of a fatal venous air embolism in women caused during oral sex. I have very little understanding of how this is anatomically possible.
I read that if someone blows, the air can travel up and *somehow* enter the bloodstream, but the link from *anything in there* to the bloodstream is beyond my comprehension. Is there seriously a direct access to the bloodstream? And if air can get in, what keeps it from bleeding out? I'm clearly no biologist, so it sounds just as likely as getting an embolism by blowing into my cupped hand because I thought it was pretty much a closed system... PLEASE EXPLAIN!

Answer 1

I heard this 2 a long time ago. I gave it some thought. I know it is harmless 2 blow gently in the fun zone but 2 get enough air inside ones body to kill them, now think about this. U would like be blowing up a balloon to get that much air in the cavities. I know U have heard of being killed by a big air bubble going in 2 Us blood stream but that's different. I just don't see how this could happen. It is a closed system. Run Google search on colon & U can get some pictures of Ur organs & see 4 your self. Hope this helps or gives U something 2 think about.