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A member asked:
I went to the restroom,was concerned some tp got left behind in my vaginal area. i checked using my hands and air got in. any risk of air embolism?
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Not a chance: Air entering the vagina in the manner you describe cannot pass through the cervix. Even if air got in this way, it would enter the abdominal cavity and not blood vessels. You have nothing to worry a bout.
Answered 12/24/2015
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