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name Steve status student age 14 Question - Are There any side effects when you inhale helium from a balloon!!I was told helium makes a small tiy hole in your brain which eliminates a brain cell and brain cells can not be replaced right.
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Helium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Helium (pronounced /ˈhiːliəm/ ) is the chemical element with atomic number 2, and is represented by the symbol He . It is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, non-toxic, inert monatomic gas that...
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"Normally, inhaling helium from balloons doesn't cause problems," says Bing Pao, MD, the study's main author. "But inhaling anything from a pressurized tank not meant to be used on people can be potentially lethal."
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Inhaling continuous breaths of helium one after another starves the body of oxygen. A person will eventually pass out, and perhaps even worse. At most, inhaling once or twice from a helium balloon, separated by deep inhalations of air, will be a way to prevent the harm. ... After-effects of inhalants...
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The practice of intentionally inhaling helium for a voice altering effect is extremely ... No adverse ecological effects are expected. Helium does not contain any Class I or...
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I can now inflate over a thousand 260's/130's by mouth in a day and never suffer any ill effects at all. ... He would then keep talking while inhaling through his mouth and exhaling through his nose, inflating the glove until it towered over his head.); Anyway, one night while doing this, he got an intense pain behind his...
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One can investigate this model by changing the speed of sound using helium--but read the warnings below. Inhaling helium changes the frequencies of the resonances. As you would expect, it does not change the pitch, which is determined by the tension, mass and geometry of vocal folds, and some other effects.
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I have checked the medical literature and cannot find a thing on adverse effects of inhaling helium (an inert element) from a balloon. What trace elements or compounds could possibly stay within such a light gas? What are the "distinct risks?"
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Although many people have inhaled helium from balloons and have experienced no untoward side effects, inhaling helium can be dangerous, even deadly. There have been two reports of individuals inhaling helium and experiencing damage to their arteries both in the brain and heart.
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