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It is possible that you may pass out or faint after a while of inhaling the helium because the helium intake reduces your oxygen level by a ton. Helium displaces and replaces Oxygen in the lungs. So even while you are still breathing, the O2 in your lungs drops. That means your blood circulating O2 drops as well. You get less oxygen to your brain, heart, lungs, and kidneys--the vital organs. Though safe when a physician or dentist administers helium, it CAN kill when used improperly, huffed, sucked, or misused. The biggest problem is by the time you pass out, your brain will keep telling the lungs to take air, but the helium still in your lungs will continue to block the O2 from reaching your brain. You can die.

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