Comment on Why does the inner ear imbalance make you throw up?

ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Tedesche@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I was going to respond to the OP, but I only knew how an inner ear imbalance causes dizziness, not how said dizziness triggers the vomiting reflex. Thanks!

  For those who want to know, there’s fluid in your inner ear and receptors that can detect where the fluid is, as well as where it ends (it’s surface). Your brain uses this system like a level to determine your head’s orientation to the ground, and if something fucks with the fluid in a way the brain can’t make sense of, you feel dizzy (the sensation of not knowing your orientation to the ground).

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• otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That might bring up a follow-up question

  why is dizziness a common side effect of poisons

  My guess was that some poisons affect the nerves, or decrease blood supply to the brain? I don’t have anything more specific though

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  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    some poisons affect the nerves

    Many poisons affect the nerves directly, i.e. the transport of the electric there. The first impact is that the brain (and the spinal cord of course) does not receive the sensoric info properly anymore. And then the body does not follow the brain’s commands anymore.

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    • FredericChopin_@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Is it accurate to call alcohol a poison?

      I don’t drink and I can be even more insufferable to my drinking friends with that information.

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      • Mirodir@lemmy.fmhy.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Everything is a poison.

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      • fiah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        it’s accurate but please don’t bother your friends about it

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      • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I can be even more insufferable to my drinking friends

        My feelings are with them ;-)

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    • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      So once the signals get mixed up, the dizziness sets in?

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      • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Sort of. I would even say, the perception of broken signals is the dizzyness.

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      • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s like your brain is trying to control your legs but the server is overloaded and the lag is terrible.

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• Prandom_returns@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Makes sense, thank you!

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