Idea for inflation pills/capsules

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Tue, 01/18/2011 - 10:18

nineteenthly

My last practical idea was of course shot down in flames, so before i say anything more, i just want to stress that this assumes informed consent, is self-administered or part of a fantasy. Whatever floats your boat.

We all know about diet coke and mentos. The most important active ingredient in mentos from that perspective seems to be gum Arabic, which provides multiple nucleation sites for the release of dissolved carbon dioxide. However, if it's swallowed, it tends to lose those sites due to

So, this is my proposal. Take powdered Gum Arabic and calcium carbonate in a substance such as gelatin which is digested in the stomach (gelatin may not be the best choice - maybe the capsules for medicine would be better). Carbonate a dilute citric acid solution - many soft drinks are in fact just this plus a few other ingredients. Drink the liquid, then swallow the capsules.

When the capsules reach your stomach, they will gradually dissolve, releasing the powders. The Gum Arabic acts as nucleation sites for the carbon dioxide in the drink and the calcium carbonate combines with the citric acid to liberate more carbon dioxide, leading to inflation. All you have to do is hold it down, so the safety mechanism is simply to belch.

It would need to be carefully balanced in order to prevent a big shift in pH in the internal environment. The carbon dioxide wouldn't be absorbed to any great extent because of the relatively small surface area and the presence of the mucosa, and the Gum Arabic.

I'm pretty sure this is doable and i'm thinking of trying it on myself, but i haven't worked out the "yield". What do you think?

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Tue, 01/18/2011 - 13:34

Anonymous

I think you'll run into more problems with the carbonated drink anyway, it'll lose most of it's carbonation when you swallow it.

Tue, 01/18/2011 - 16:29

Blue_Eyes

Go for it?
If you survive/don't get hurt then share the wealth with people who would like to try. If you don't, we will then know it was a bad idea.

Those of you who volunteered to be injected with praying mantis DNA, I've got some good news and some bad news. Bad news is we're postponing those tests indefinitely. Good news is we've got a much better test for you: fighting an army of mantis men.

Tue, 01/18/2011 - 18:36

nineteenthly

I have no plans to kill myself with this, don't worry! The chances are i'd just start with a soft drink and a single capsule of, say, a gramme of the stuff, which would produce a maximum of about half a litre of gas.

You're probably right about the loss of carbonation, but you would also add carbonation via the reaction between the calcium carbonate and the citric acid. The carbonation doesn't completely go either.

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Tue, 01/18/2011 - 21:17

InflatorDan

As Rubber said...the Drink will loose its carbonation before it even hits the Stomach.....(Thanks to Mythbusters)

PLus not only is there a problem of causing your body some harm, be it Minor or major...If you are to meet complications, You may not get any medical attention and be denied Health coverage....Even if your in the UK or Canada, Any self inflected damages are not going to get the attention they need. plus even if you are to get attention for anything, You might be put On suicide watch....

(This is based on First hand experience)

So in short, be it for fun or anything....good luck, just be aware that you may face not only personal problems, but Medical and Political Scaring.

All i can say positively is that it is a Interesting idea that you have, but i would rather have good old Anal style, Its Bigger organs and plus it gives a bigger belly.

Good Luck :D

Thu, 01/20/2011 - 03:29

Jnff

Pm me nineteenthly. I think u have the right ideas on alot of this

make um big, and make um real.

Thu, 01/20/2011 - 09:02

nineteenthly

I will do, Jnff. Just want to reply to InflatorDan.

Sorry to hear about your experiences. I'm fortunate enough to live in the UK but there is often little sympathy from the medical profession as a whole (of which i am in a sense a member) concerning self-inflicated injuries. Not always though - my wife had a surprisingly positive experience when a piercing went septic for example. They also tend to medicalise everything in that they see behaviour in psychiatric terms.

As you might be aware, i self-inflate by mouth. The reason i do this is that when i tried to do it anally, i got very poor results and i had anal bleeding which went on for several months. I think my sigmoid colon is an unusual shape.

I would of course be very cautious about this. I'm aware that my safe capacity is at least equivalent to twenty litres of exhaled air at sea level pressure. However, this is obviously fairly slowly introduced and the risk to me with this seems to be that it might be quite sudden, i.e. faster than the reflexes which would allow the body to adjust. The other risks would probably be absorption of carbon dioxide and disturbance of acid-base balance.

Most of the carbonation would indeed be lost - i think it's about 95%. However, you would also be releasing carbon dioxide through the chemical reaction between the citric acid and the calcium carbonate.

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Sun, 01/23/2011 - 04:33

flyingpilot

A half a liter doesn't sound like it would be that noticeable. I should that you would get better results by just swallowing air.

Plus, maybe it's just personal taste but for me an inflation of the lower abdomen is a lot more attractive than inflation of the upper abdomen.

Sun, 01/23/2011 - 17:09

nineteenthly

It sort of trickles into the lower abdomen. It doesn't just sit in the stomach, and the idea of the small volume is safety. If it was something which could do something like five litres in one go, not only would it be an enormous pill (chances are, maybe not with a clathrate) but also, releasing that volume of gas in one go doesn't seem very safe or easy to control.

My idea was to take a pill every minute. In fact i've now done some calculations and it works out at more like 300 ml. I forgot about body temperature.

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