# Death by sexual misadventure?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-sexual-misadventure/88609>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 20, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-sexual-misadventure/88609 "2001-10-20T18:47:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-sexual-misadventure/88609/1 "2001-10-20T18:47:11Z")

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One of the guys at work recently told me that if you blow a lungful of air into a vagina, the resulting air bubble would enter the cervix and spread elsewhere, causing a massive, painful, deadly embolism.

TRUE???

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**Author:** ![Cargogal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@Cargogal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cargogal)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-sexual-misadventure/88609/2 "2001-10-20T19:04:57Z")

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I believe this was mentioned in The Joy Of Sex; it’s possible, but unlikely. Definitely contraindicated if the woman is pregnant.

More info:  
[http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1859.html](http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1859.html)

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-by-sexual-misadventure/88609/3 "2001-10-20T20:29:20Z")

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**Cecil** has covered this one. [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2\_210.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_210.html)

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> This business about blowing air into the vagina is a lot more serious. It definitely can cause embolism and death, particularly if the woman is pregnant. Ten fatalities and one near-miss had been reported in the medical literature as of 1983.