How bad would it be to inject seawater into your bloodstream?

https://lemmy.world/post/36017657

How bad would it be to inject seawater into your bloodstream? - Lemmy.World

I did some light research and asked AI, which said it would be extremely dangerous. But come on, it wouldn’t be that dangerous, right? We evolved from animals that lived in the ocean.

Embolism. Which could happen with regular water or even just air being injected into a vein.

Infection. It’s not saline; there’s more than just saltwater in the sea and all those microbes are gonna wreck havok on your body having bypassed most of the things that normally keep them out of your body.

Not sure if this is your subject matter expertise or not but what if you sterilized the seawater, so we don’t need to worry about infection, purged the air from the line, so no embolism, and only injected 300mL which is a comparable amount to saline you might receive in a hospital.

Seawater is 3.5% salt vs saline which is 0.9% would that much salt just be diluted by the body or could it cause local damage?

I just watch a lot of chubbyemu vids and may be a slight bit of a hypochondriac.

I can’t imagine the salt being good for you. It could kill internal flora, it might cause pain, and it definitely is going to not be fun for your kidneys.

Bottom line: You should not inject anything into yourself, except as prescribed by a doctor. I wouldn’t even inject recreational drugs, personally. And I have no qualms about doing drugs.