Fun with petechiae!

So I'm doing my daily lit search and I run across a reference to petechiae and asphyxial deaths. So petechiae and asphyxia go together like peanut butter and jelly: when you think of one you think of the other but you sure as shootin' see one without the other and the other way 'round.

The thing is, they reference this paper where they took volunteers and just asked them to be upside down for a minute and when they checked afterward they found conjunctival petechiae. And I'm thinking-- Hey! I've done yoga! One minute upseide down: no sweat! So with my boyfriend timing me I give it a try (complete with pre-inversion exam, just to be sure) and hey! It works! I got one (only one, actually) on my right eyelid.

So, unlike most forensics, you can go ahead and try this at home...