I noticed today that my caffeine tolerance seems to be really low while recovering from a tonsillectomy, is this plausible? What about other surgeries?

I remember hearing a while back about mouth tissues absorbing chemicals very readily.

  • flambonksciousEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Maybe? But mouths heal so damn fast - and getting hot coffee on a wound sounds nasty

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zip
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      2 months ago

      It could be a cool or lukewarm beverage with caffeine, and I have seen people drink and eat stuff their dentists tell them not to after an oral surgery, and tonsilectomies can leave open wounds if the dentist doesn’t fully cauterize them or bandage them properly… and I have also seen people remove bandages/gauze faster than they are instructed to for all kinds of wounds…

      But southsamurai seems confident that the difference between absorption into exposed oral capillaries and just normally through your gums/mouth is negligible.