I dont really know why, but I was just thinking about it one day and didnt know if it was possible or not. So is it?
2007-04-07 06:39:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Giggle, trying not to laugh.... If you could swallow your tongue, you should also be able to take it out of your mouth for cleaning!!! Seriously, I have instructed first aid for years and it is a well known fact that you cant swallow your tongue. Your tongue is a muscle and if you are unconscious it relaxes like any other muscle in your body. It can block your airway when it is like this cause if spreads out at the back of your throat, making it difficult to breathe. Thats why we teach you to open the airway in a first aid class. If you put a person in the recovery position the tongue falls forward and no longer blocks the airway.
2007-04-08 02:33:05 · answer #1 · answered by brian 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes yes you can you know that string at the end or bottom of your tounge if you cut that you can swallow it and people who have seisures don't swallow their toungs the tounge swells and the can't get any are so the choke. BEWARE if you swallow your tounge it will be the last thing you'll do hope I've helped
2016-05-19 04:17:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, or at least it seems to be possible on tv and in movies. When someone is having a seizure, they try to hold them down from thrashing around and hurting themselves, and they also try to hold their tongue so they don't swallow it.
2007-04-07 06:42:48 · answer #3 · answered by Spex 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your tongue is attached at the bottom of your mouth. Look in the mirror. It is impossible to swallow your own tongue.
2007-04-07 06:44:08 · answer #4 · answered by magix151 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes it is possible to swallow your tongue. that is why when someone has a fit or faints you should not lay them on there back but in recovery position.
2007-04-07 06:48:03 · answer #5 · answered by fushia 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
people do, when they have seizures etc. I remember being taught to check for that in first aid (and take measures to prevent it from being swallowed)
2007-04-07 06:47:32 · answer #6 · answered by silentnonrev 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*tries not to laugh* Um.....Last time I checked, all toungues are permanetly attched to our mouths! And if somehow somebody manged to flip their toungue backwards, upsidedown and down thier throat, it wouldn't be able to go down, because the all-knowing God attached toungues to your mouth, for the express reason of you not being able to swallow it!
2007-04-07 06:53:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES I KNOW OF TWO PEOPLE WHO HAVE AND THEY BOTH HAD TO HAVE A TRACHEOTOMY: A HOLE CUT IN THEIR THROAT AND A STRAW OR TUBE INSERTED ALLOWING THEM TO BREATHE! THE LITTLE TENDON UNDERNEATH YOUR TONGUE CAN RIP ALLOWING YOU TO SWALLOW YOUR TONGUE
2007-04-07 06:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by finderoflostsheep 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I took CNA classes we learned about seizers and my dteacher said know to that qustion.
2007-04-07 06:42:36 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2016-11-16 16:53:51 · answer #10 · answered by jason w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋