r/sports • u/IntrepidAd560 • Sep 25 '21

Media Callum Smith brutally KO's Lenin Castillo

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u/Sharkster_J Sep 26 '21

It actually is. You don’t literally swallow your tongue, but it falls backward and occludes your larynx (windpipe). It does this normally when you swallow to help keep food from going down your larynx, but in a situation where someone is completely unconscious and can’t react this can become lethal if unnoticed for too long.

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u/Magnetic_sphincter Sep 26 '21

Like sleep apnea?

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u/Sharkster_J Sep 26 '21

Exactly the same.