eli5 Why are air embolisms so deadly? Like, what about an air bubble can’t your body fix pretty easily?

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I would have thought that an air bubble gets popped and we move on. That the gas eventually dissolves and gets passed somehow.

So, what’s going on? Why does the heart stop so violently? It acts like there was an implosion on the inside…

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I love the tone of your post lmaooooo it’s like “Why is the body being so dramatic ?!?!” I agree lol. Whilst I’ve read these awesome replies and they make total sense, it still seems pretty absurd / so weird that we can go through so much shit and survive ….. but that one lil air bubble can take us right out. Wild !!!!

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