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IALuder · 01-16-2006, 04:28 PM

I dont understand why drinking something can/will make you blind. Can someone explain this?

sicones · 01-16-2006, 04:55 PM

Did you drink isopropyl alcohol???

*pdiggitydogg* · 01-16-2006, 05:05 PM

toxins tend to act on nerve tissue

IALuder · 01-16-2006, 05:21 PM

how do they know to ruin the nerves.

Mischief · 01-16-2006, 05:46 PM

they don't know to, they just do.

*pdiggitydogg* · 01-16-2006, 05:47 PM

its not that they know, its just the tissue type that is susceptible through various actions
IE) Methanol metabolizes to form an acid that is a direct retinal toxin = blindness/vision loss
Other toxins act as a protein receptor plug on cell surfaces(venoms act the same way) - when the receptor is plugged, cells can either die from lack of nutrients (depending on the receptor) or just cease function in their design

You know those antidepressant ads, that show a gap between 2 different nerve cells (this is called a gap junction, btw). Think of a toxin molecule being inserted into the recepor protein of one cell, meaning that it cannot receive information from its partner. No data transfer = inactivity = possible cell atrophy

IALuder · 01-16-2006, 05:58 PM

so i see.

*pdiggitydogg* · 01-16-2006, 06:01 PM

01-16-2006, 04:28 PM	#1
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01-16-2006, 05:21 PM	#4
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 39 Posts: 7,908	how do they know to ruin the nerves. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

01-16-2006, 05:47 PM	#6
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 42 Posts: 10,579	its not that they know, its just the tissue type that is susceptible through various actions IE) Methanol metabolizes to form an acid that is a direct retinal toxin = blindness/vision loss Other toxins act as a protein receptor plug on cell surfaces(venoms act the same way) - when the receptor is plugged, cells can either die from lack of nutrients (depending on the receptor) or just cease function in their design You know those antidepressant ads, that show a gap between 2 different nerve cells (this is called a gap junction, btw). Think of a toxin molecule being inserted into the recepor protein of one cell, meaning that it cannot receive information from its partner. No data transfer = inactivity = possible cell atrophy Last edited by pdiggitydogg : 01-16-2006 at 05:53 PM.

01-16-2006, 05:58 PM	#7
IALuder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Des Moines IA Age: 39 Posts: 7,908	so i see. __________________ 93 Si H23vtec......soon to be 12lbs 95 Civic EX....automatic DD if you cant dazzle them with your brillance, baffle them with your bullshit.

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01-16-2006, 04:55 PM	#2
sicones Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: the MVP garage, New York City Posts: 516	Did you drink isopropyl alcohol???

01-16-2006, 05:05 PM	#3
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 42 Posts: 10,579	toxins tend to act on nerve tissue

01-16-2006, 06:01 PM	#8
pdiggitydogg Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Meanwhile, up in The D... Age: 42 Posts: 10,579