I’m 24, I practice fencing. My height is 198 cm, I usually fence against shorter opponents. They often manage to drive their smallsword into my belly. That’s why I’m curious: what would it be like to get wounded into the belly by a real smallsword? How lethal would it be? How painful? How would I react?
You would probably say “ow, my belly”
Not sure about the lethality or pain level, tho.
deleted by creator
Sorry, my reply was dumb. I don’t know what you said back, but it was probably completely justified. 😄
Its totally ok! I just answered that I would also clutch my belly with my hands and fall on my knees, but then deleted it because thought it was kind of dumb 😅
I think it’s not dumb - I find it realistic in this scenario
Complete layman answer here, but I would imagine it would depend on several factors:
- Depth of the wound.
- Any angle, twist or lateral movement of the blade after contact.
- Which organs/blood vessels got hit, if any.
- Cleanliness of the blade prior to puncturing the skin.
I suspect it’d be extremely painful regardless of the above!
I think the cleanliness of the blade would be less relevant than the massive infection pouring from your pierced guts into the wound.
yeah, almost nothing on the blade would matter compare to the filth already inside your intestines. just a speck of that leaking into your body cavity will cause sepsis, and would be fatal without elephantine doses of antibiotics. stabbed with a sword? you’ll be in the hospital for weeks, at least. oh, and that’s not even including the massive tissue damage and blood loss.
plus, you’ll be lucky to be leaving with your entire intestine intact (you’ll likely be losing at least a few feet of it) and possibly pooping into a colostomy bag for the rest of your life.
True indeed.
Tldr it depends.
You might not notice with adrenaline pumping. As for lethality it really depends on where in your stomach you get hit and the care you get afterwards. In terms of the fight if it’s just your stomach area getting hit nothing shy of a spinal hit would instantly stop you. If they hit an artery you’ve got minutes. If they puncture your intestines and you can’t get care days, before infection catches up to you.
For the actual conflict the only things that will instantly stop are central nervous system hits (brain/spine). Heart and lungs are the next worst, but wouldn’t stop you from claiming a pyrrhic victory. Major arteries are the next big thing to worry about.
The worst part about getting hit in a non vital part of the chest wouldn’t be the force of the blow but the slow agonizing battle with infection that is not unlikely to follow. But absolutely livable and not nearly as bad with modern medical care.
If you’re doing Star Wars cosplay, you’ll be totally fine. Unless you’re wearing the Qui-Gon Jinn costume, then you’re screwed.
ooh right in the midichlorians! that’s a dead-i.
Look up “disemboweled”
Then look up “degloved”
protip: don’t
Book is written by a doctor for writers. Explains how a real world injury should be written in a story.
Cool!
if stomach gets cut, the acid could flow out. Death by being dissolved by your own stomach acid wouldnt be nice one.
You seem to be rather fond of this sort of question
That’s just out of curiosity
One of the shows I’ve been watching had this as its twist, part of a cliffhanger. There were hints before but you can’t not object to a short sword embedded in a guys belly having so little impact