Does constipation increase buoyancy?

[chillyinCanada]

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A ScubaBoard Staff Message...

there's been a bit of a thread clean up. Potty humour is unnecessary and inappropriate in this Subforum.

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[cfberry]

I think this is the reason you felt too buoyant. Not being relaxed in the water makes you tighten your muscles and take deeper breaths. When you're relaxed and easy breathing it way easier to stay down.

i like this answer the best

 

[Seaweed Doc]

I suspect there are a lot of other factors that are more likely to cause your issues rather than lack thereof.

For example, a change in salinity or newer/different wetsuit.

 

[SlugLife]

When you drop a turd, does it float? When you fart underwater, do the bubbles rise or sink?

 

[boulderjohn]

When you drop a turd, does it float? When you fart underwater, do the bubbles rise or sink?

It's not that easy. Air will certainly rise when it is released into the water, but the compressed air inside a scuba tank makes it heavier and therefore less buoyant.

 

[lowwall]

It's not that easy. Air will certainly rise when it is released into the water, but the compressed air inside a scuba tank makes it heavier and therefore less buoyant.

But we are talking about air inside your gut. A liter of air weighs 1.29 grams at standard temperature and pressure. So if I've done my math right, we would need to compress it to 773 bar (11,211 psi) for it to becomes neutrally buoyant. It is somewhat unlikely that constipation could provide sufficient pressure, whatever it may feel like.

 

[inquis]

Z-factor...

 

[OMyMyOHellYes]

Now be prepared for people to pile on and pack the thread full of poop references.

I thought packed poo was the problem.

 

[BoltSnap]

Isn't it a well know fact that shiit floats and hence diver's buoyancy will be affected?

 

[lowwall]

Isn't it a well know fact that shiit floats and hence diver's buoyancy will be affected?

Depends on diet and a bunch of digestive factors that vary from person to person.