Why do people die while laughing after breathing N2O?

Answer 1

While anaesthetists mix nitrous oxide with oxygen, recreational users sometimes do not. Breathing gas rushing from a cylinder can quickly flush all air out of the lungs and cause suffocation.
Another hazard of nitrous oxide stems from the fact that it is NOT an ideal gas. N2O molecules attract each other. The attractions require energy to break, so the expansion absorbs heat and the temperature of the gas plummets. A rapid expansion of nitrous oxide can cool it enough to cause frostbite. People doing whippets have actually frozen their lips, tongues, or vocal cords- and under the anaesthetic influence of nitrous oxide, the damage is done before any pain is felt.
Nitrous oxide has also been linked to birth defects, nerve damage, and permanent organ damage.

Answer 2

I hope that you are not considering to do this.
My husband's boss had a very smart son going to MIT back EAst he had all going fo rhim. He did die from breathing laughing gas even when he was trying as therapy for his sinus problems.
He was 19yrs old. And a great loss.

I dont know really why it must have soemthing to do with poisoning the brain and stopping the heart or having a stroke or lung problem or total respiratory =failure.
All I know anybody who does this , try to get high on laghing gas is too dumb and is wasting precious time in even thinking to do so.

I hope soembody gives you an accurate description ofhow the body is affected by the gas.

Answer 3

Occasionally, certain anesthetic agents become misused drugs. Nitrous oxide is an example. A gas of low anesthetic potency, it is incapable of inducing deep levels of anesthesia if an adequate oxygen concentrationis maintained. Nitrous oxide induces a state of behavioral disinhibition, analgesia, and euphoria. One of the problems occasionally encountered when nitrous oxide is used for recreational purposes is that, unless the compound is administered with at least 20 percent oxygen, hypoxia (decreased oxygen content of the blood) can be induced.
But in order to achieve high enough concentrations of nitrous oxide to get a good behavioral effect, concentrations of 50 percent or greater must be inhaled. If such concentrations are mixed with room air, inhaled oxygen concentartions drop to low levels and the hypoxia may result in irreversible brain damage.

Answer 4

There's some useful information at the link to supplement what others have said. Another problem is simply that people can fall over and injure themselves.

Answer 5

I have ever heard of anyone dying after breathing no2

Answer 6

it is commonly known as laughing gas due to the euphoric effects of inhaling it and cause death due to anoxia (organs and tissue being deprived of oxygen)