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[-] Triasha@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Twisted gut cuts off bloodflow, and since intestines are soft tissue they can just stay twisted until that part of the organ dies, and then having a section of intestine dead is just fatal unless you get surgical intervention and usually still even then.

It's less common in humans and more survivable, maybe because we can do bed rest. You cant just tell a horse not to move wrong or go to a liquid diet.

[-] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

We do bed rest pretty well (other than bed sores but we can prevent those) and often a bit of "stop moving and let all the energy go to the wound" is helpful!

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