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Air in vagina
If you have oral sex, air should not be blown into your vagina. This can cause an air embolism or an air bubble to get in your bloodstream and block a blood vessel. This is extremely uncommon, but can be fatal to you and your baby.
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Embarassing sounds from air in vagina after masturbating?
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Can you get air embolism from air in vagina?
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Air embolism from air in vagina. Is that a one in a million occurrence or rarer?
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A 37-year old asked:
Can you get a stomach ache from air in vagina after masturbating?
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A 26-year old female asked:
During pregnancy Can trapped air in vagina caused during sex also cause an air embolism the same way blowing directly into the vagina with mouth can?
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A 41-year old asked:
How long do air embolisms in vagina take to develop?
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A 41-year old asked:
3 weeks after baby's birth and having air trapped in vagina feeling?
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A 20-year old female asked:
Why do I get air in my vagina during sex? I can't do that much during sex or else I get air and its really emberrassing
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A 36-year old asked:
How do I get rid of air in my vagina?
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A 36-year old asked:
Someone blew air in my vagina im having stomach pains what can I take to treat this?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Can a yeast infection cause air in the vagina? I think I might have one but I also have a lot of air. Can air make the vagina feel looser?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I can feel air pockets in my vagina and there is a fishy odor. I have tried monstat and it helped temporarily. What could this be? It happens each mth
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A 26-year old female asked:
26 year old. Female. Sometimes I have small air bubble sensation in vagina. No other symptoms. Is it normal??
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A 41-year old asked:
Is it normal to have occasional air bubbles in your vagina?
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A 29-year old female asked:
What does it mean when you have air bubbles in your vagina?
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A 19-year old female asked:
I slept with a fan on all night but just had knickers on could the fan have cause a air embolism in my vagina? The fan was at the end of the bed
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A 52-year old female asked:
Air bubble feeling in vagina? It is not a "queef" coz when it finally disperse there is no sound. Notice it more after wiping from urination. Why?
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A 18-year old female asked:
While masturbating it felt like there were air bubbles in my vagina but i did not stop, was air getting sucked inside? Can this cause an air embolism?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I've constant feeling of air bubbles in my vagina. Many blisters around the vaginal opening. Sometimes there is itching and sore feeling such that i wish to insert something and relieve the itching. This resolves and occurs again since Last 4 months?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I have trapped air/gas in my vagina causes me to make fart like sounds when doin sit ups, once a month my abdominal cramps which I have to fart 2 ways?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Feeling of air bubble constantly trapped in vagina and very dry vagina? What could that be?
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A 33-year old female asked:
I feel like I have air bubbles trapped in my vagina all the time. Could someone please explain what it means. My gyno is clueless on this.
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A 25-year old female asked:
Symptoms are: feel the urge to urinate but can only go a little at a time. Feeling of air bubbles trapped in my vagina. Cant release them. Any ideas?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Can air bubbles trapped in the vagina prevent conception? I lay on my back for hours after intercourse only to "fart" it all out when i get up.
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A 44-year old asked:
How does air come inside the vagina ?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is blowing air into the vagina dangerous?
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A 38-year old asked:
Why do women release air from there vagina?
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A 41-year old asked:
I wanted to know why is blowing air into the vagina dangerous?
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A 20-year old female asked:
It feels like something is stuck inside of my vagina like air or somethings. Not painful just feels weird. ?
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A member asked:
Why does air come from my vagina during or after sex?
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