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oxygen deprivation

hey im a 20 year old male. i was real real dumb this weekend and decided to try a "whippet" with my friends that were doing multiple. (i was also drinking etc).. anyways i blew out air and breathed in from their canister about 3 times to get in all the lil tank cartridge maybe over a period of about 1-2 mins before taking a real breath. well its been about 48 hours and a still have a head ache and have had some slight trouble with basic cognitive and motor skills. like just typing this seems to take about twice as long. promise i'll never do it again but does this sound like serious/ permanent brain damage or will things improve? :/
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Hi there. The main symptoms of cerebral hypoxia are headaches, muscle spasms, severe confusion, and lack of concentration, loss of consciousness, decreased attention span, mood swings and seizures.  you must seek immediate medical attention if there are multiple symptoms. The physician will determine the degree of severity of cerebral hypoxia. These include a CT scan, MRI, EEG, and Evoked potential test. Other tests include complex learning tasks and motor control. The primary goal of the physician is to restore oxygen to the brain with various relevant methods depending on the severity. Brain damage can be localized if left sided, it will affect speech and language and if right sided, it will affect emotion and interpretation. Usually mild to moderate cerebral hypoxia will lead to no long term effects. Hope this information helps. Take care.
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so can this single incident lead to this? should i go see a doctor or just wait a lil while? i should be getting enough oxygen now.. thanks for the help
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His advice was to see a doctor immediately.
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