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General Forum - Dead arm. I mean REALLY dead arm (medical subject) - Page 1
posted by Pete-MK on Monday, 13th April 2009, 13:06
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Woke up this morning (naturally, not by having a 4-year old knee in the unmentionables), to lazily realise I had no idea where my left arm was. Sounds a bit odd, but I couldn't feel it, move it, or seriously have any clue what position it was in. After actually waking up a bit more, and waking Annie up in a confused panic, I realised it was above my head resting on the pillow, obviously this affected the circulation, and totally killed it. It wasn't painful, but there was no life in it at all. I had to use my other arm to physically heave it to a position lower than my heart (still laying down) so the blood would flow back to the fingers. I was alarmed at how much a dead human arm actually weighs, especially when it's flopping all over the place.
It's fine now, thankfully, but aside from the obvious probable circulatory problem, should I regard this as a prelude to a GP visit, or is this just a natural occurance and I shouldn't be alarmed? (It's happened before, but It wasn't as alarming as this time)
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posted by Ben Franklin on Monday, 13th April 2009, 13:16
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Don't be alarmed. This is quite a normal thing if you cut of circulation in your arms when you sleep.
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posted by Jitendar Canth on Monday, 13th April 2009, 13:16
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Get some nail polish and take advantage of it?
Sorry 
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posted by Juls on Monday, 13th April 2009, 14:05
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God you lot are all falling apart at the mo 
Stanz really dont worry about it, it was just lack of circulation due to positioning.
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I was alarmed at how much a dead human arm actually weighs, especially when it's flopping all over the place.
There is nothing more physically demanding than moving/positioning a dead body - they are literally a dead weight. Usually takes 4-6 of us to respectfully move someone who has been dead for a while 
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posted by WD423 on Monday, 13th April 2009, 14:35
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There is nothing more physically demanding than moving/positioning a dead body - they are literally a dead weight. Usually takes 4-6 of us to respectfully move someone who has been dead for a while
It's even worse when your in full fire kit + Breathing Apparatus and only two of you. 
posted by Mister Smee on Monday, 13th April 2009, 16:19
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posted by Blue John on Monday, 13th April 2009, 17:14
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Happens to me quite regularly. It's really fun when it happens to both arms at the same time...
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posted by chewie on Monday, 13th April 2009, 19:16
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Happened to my leg when I got it trapped under some rubble (long story). It went dead and when I got it out finally and the blood rushed back into it... one of the most painful things I've experienced.
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posted by Pete-MK on Monday, 13th April 2009, 19:18
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when I got it out finally and the blood rushed back into it... one of the most painful things I've experienced. You were lucky then. If the blood supply is cut off for a prolonged period of time, toxins build up in the crushed area, then when the pressure is taken off, the toxins hit the heart and it's goodnight, sweet prince.
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posted by smurfette on Monday, 13th April 2009, 19:51
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You're a bundle of laughs today, aren't you, Pete?
1st you're implying you may have had a stroke when you only had a dead arm, and now you're writing Chewie off. 
