TOKYO: Japanese scientists have discovered in experiments on animals that some animals have the ability to breathe through their lungs as well as their intestines. While he hopes that the same strategy will be useful in saving human lives.
During these experiments, pigs and mice were given oxygen gas, or an oxygen-rich liquid, to their intestines through the anus to correct lung function.
From the intestinal membrane, this oxygen entered the bloodstream, which made up for the lack of oxygen in these animals and saved their lives.
While a joint study by experts from several Japanese universities and research centers found that some animals even breathe through their intestines, it also suggested that the method could be used as an alternative to saving human lives. Can also be used on
It should be noted that the purpose of breathing is to add oxygen to our blood. Sometimes critically ill people are not in a position to use a ventilator or the ventilator is not suitable for them.
In this case, the addition of oxygen to the blood from the “alternative route” can help save their lives.
According to Dr. Takanuri Takibe, a lead author of the study and published in the latest issue of the online research journal Med, Dr. It can be important in saving the lives of people severely affected by diseases such as ARDS because in these conditions the lungs cannot absorb oxygen from the air.
The scientists now plan to test the same method on a limited scale, in humans, in collaboration with the Central Japanese Institute for Medical Research and Development. And if successful, start clinical trials.
However, it will not be useful for humans to deliver oxygen gas to the intestines through the anus, but rather with an oxygen-rich liquid, some types of which have already been declared useful for human consumption.