Dry Drowning

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there were more than 3,500 unintentional drowning deaths in the United States in 2005. What you may not know is that a person can drown both in and out of the water. icyou's medical editor, Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, explains the risk known as "dry drowning".
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[anonymous812]

This is no joke im an avid surfer and today I got in a killer barrel and then the wave closed out on me, after it let me up I sucked in a big gulp of air/ saltwater right before it pulled me down again. When I came up and exhaled I tried to breathe in and couldn't, my larynx had closed. I kept gasping but couldn't inhale a sufficent breath Then I coughed and spat up some water and my breathing returned to normal, but it was a very unpleasant feeling.

[forgot96]

wow thats scarey i never herd of that

[agdollloverable]

@Kyuuqsoft no

[Kyuuqsoft]

When i was in the waterslide yesterday, i slide down the waterslide and until i was in the water and the water gets into my lungs and i can't breathe and i cough it out. and i can breath now, is that a dry drowning, because i'm fear of heart attacks and death.

[astilla1977]

She is right about the spasm which is a defence reaction by the Epiglottis.

Which doesn't allow food or water to go in the lungs when we eat or drink, and when the Epiglottis shuts due to a possible drowning it doesn't allow air to pass and that is called dry drowning.

When the water enters the lungs and a small quantity remains the lungs get infected and start to produce fluid, a type of pneumonia, and that is what is called secondary drowning and the casualty may be at risk for 72 hours.

[natofthecat11]

@xXBabyBlueXx12 Because salt water keeps you above water. Because of the density.

[xXBabyBlueXx12]

why was you lucky it was saltwater ?

[991705991705]

it almost happend to me IM SO LUCKY IT WAS SALT WATER

[roiegat]

Good information.