'no, no! We're looking for a psychiatrist.'
At about 9 p.m. on Monday night, a woman in a black miniskirt and red high-heeled shoes was lying on the ground on the gentle slope outside the emergency room of Zhejiang People's hospital. Her hands were dancing wildly, her eyes were covered with long hair, and she swept around the ground.
Next to her, a man and a woman with a smell of wine pulled her hard. The woman suddenly shouted, 'someone is going to kidnap me! Who are you?'
Doctors and nurses came forward, helped the woman to the cart and sent her to the emergency room.
It's not alcohol, it's not drugs, it's a 'hospital thing'
Fix the woman in the hospital bed in the emergency room, and the doctor will come to understand the condition.
The woman shakes her head, yells and laughs, unable to speak at all.
The doctor turned to the man and woman who accompanied her.
The man slumped down on the chair and said, 'she seems to be crazy. She always says that someone is hurting her. We can't catch her. Is it a psychosis? She used to be very normal & hellip; & hellip;'
Another woman looks down and doesn't speak. Her nails are painted bright red, which is also a miniskirt.
The doctor asked them what they had done before. The man faltered and said, just singing together. Many people are very happy.
'what have you done? You're so excited, aren't you a drug addict?' the doctor asked.
'& lsquo; hi balloon & rsquo; isn't a drug? We played in Chengdu. Here we heard from friends that we just had one. Let's try. She has a lot of "Hi". 'said the man.
What is' hi balloon '?
Doctors and nurses didn't know that men simply took out their mobile phones and searched the Internet for everyone to see. '& lsquo; hi balloon & rsquo; is to inhale laughing gas, not drugs, but also in your hospital. '
The man said he was a friend of the two women and often played together in Hangzhou.
Today, she was very unhappy. She had seven or eight of them. We all told her to be careful. She said it didn't matter. She just played. She used to play anyway. This thing will go up as soon as it is inhaled, and the strength will pass immediately. It takes about two or three minutes for one. She has sucked several cigarettes in a row. We are in charge of our own play. Who can control who lives in KTV. '
The doctor asked the man, 'have you smoked yourself?'
'I played, everyone played, it's not drugs anyway. She did, too. 'the man points to the woman who looks down and doesn't speak.
The doctor registered the medical history of the woman on the bed, and the man said, 'about 25 years old, from Anhui, surnamed Zhang. I don't know if there was any disease before. She always said that someone wanted to kill her and kidnap her. Do you think she was mentally ill? "
The emergency room called in psychiatrists and anesthesiologists.
'it's not a mental illness, it's a side effect of excessive use of laughing gas. "The anesthesiologist who came out of the operating room said that it is recommended to take oxygen therapy and see the situation in two or three hours.
The woman puts on the oxygen mask, calms down gradually, no longer yells loudly, the eyeball also restored the strength, slowly turns around, finally, fell asleep. A man and a woman beside them. The doctor also suggested that they take oxygen. They waved and said they were OK.
After three hours, more than one o'clock in the morning, the woman woke up, more calm, pushed the man and woman who were sleeping on the bed, and three people went out of the hospital together.
Excessive inhalation of laughing gas
It will lead to suffocation and severe anoxia
The next day, the visiting doctor reported the case to Professor Hu Shuangfei, director of the anesthesia department of the provincial people's Hospital and deputy director of the anesthesia branch of Zhejiang Medical Association.
'this little girl is really indifferent. It's interesting to hear the name of & lsquo; smile & rsquo;. If you suck too much, it will be fatal. Professor Hu said that laughing gas is actually a nickname, scientific name is nitrous oxide, a colorless and slightly sweet gas. Twenty years ago, it was widely used in clinical anesthesia.
Xiaoqi, discovered by Joseph middletree, a British chemist, in 1772. In 1798, David, an employee of Priestley, accidentally inhaled the gas, and then he couldn't help laughing loudly and dancing, so it was called "laughing gas".
In 1844, wiles, an American dentist, inhaled the laughing gas and asked his assistant to pull out his tooth. After pulling out his tooth, he felt no pain. Since then, laughing gas as an anesthetic entered the hospital.
During operation anesthesia, nitrous oxide is used in general anesthesia. When the human body inhales' nitrous oxide ', it enters the lung for absorption. At this time, because the concentration in the alveoli is higher than that in the blood, the alveoli will exchange gas with the cells on the surface of the lung, and' nitrous oxide 'will enter the blood, and then the' nitrous oxide 'in the blood will be transported to all parts of the body, thus entering the brain, so as to relax the human body It is analgesia, followed by sedation.
However, medical anesthesia clearly stipulates that nitrous oxide must be mixed with oxygen, and the anesthesiologist should closely detect it, because the main risk of using "nitrous oxide" is lack of oxygen. If it is not matched with oxygen, or the anesthesia process is not well controlled, the concentration of nitrous oxide is too high and the concentration of oxygen is too low, it will cause lack of oxygen. "Professor Hu Shuangfei said that if there is lack of oxygen, the light can cause coma and the heavy will die.
At present, I don't know how much the little girl inhaled last night & lsquo; laughing gas & rsquo; and how pure she was, but she has had hallucinations and hallucinations, which indicates that she has exceeded her capacity. If she has concealed heart disease, she may have an attack on the spot. If it is used excessively for a long time, myelosuppression and even central nervous system poisoning will occur. '
From March 27 to April 2 is "China anesthesia week". Professor Hu Shuangfei said, "inhaling laughing gas is a more traditional form of anesthesia. At present, it is still used in tooth extraction in dental hospital and delivery in grass-roots hospital. It belongs to a general anesthesia form. Xiaoqi is rarely used in the third class hospital, like our hospital. There are safer and more effective anesthesia methods in clinical practice. '
Young people take in laughter for fun
People have lost their lives because of overdose
Searching for "laughing gas" on the Internet, we found that in the past decade, there have been media reports that dozens of people have died due to improper use of laughing gas.
Between 2006 and 2012, 17 people in the UK alone were reported to have died from excessive inhalation of laughing gas. The vast majority of the 17 are under 30. In July 2015, a 17-year-old boy in the UK attended a party and died of a sudden cardiac arrest on his way home. At the spot where he fainted, the police found a small box containing laughing gas.
Last year, a 25-year-old boy in Fuzhou, who was a graduate student in the United States, was unable to move his feet after drinking the laughing gas for more than two months, and was sent back to Fuzhou for a period of coma. After rescue, although it is out of danger, the damage of nervous system is not completely recovered.
In May last year, the West China Metropolis Daily reported--
In an office building where bars gather in Chengdu, there are nearly 30 people selling 'balloons' at the corridor and elevator entrance. 10 yuan for a small balloon, 20 yuan for a large balloon. After the buyer bought it, he sat down in the corridor and stairwell in twos, threes and threes on the spot and smoked, pursuing the pleasure of "top". The hissing of the balloon in the corridor was incessant, and the air was filled with the strong smell of nitrous oxide.
Is there a lot of people in Hangzhou who take in laughs? In December last year, Zhejiang satellite TV reported a news report (the interview was completed under the condition of "abnormal shooting")--
In a famous bar in Hangzhou, there is a black container with a long straw on the top on the table of many card seats. From time to time, someone picks up the container and puts his mouth on the straw to suck.
After smoking, a man appeared excited. In the whole bar, there are at least three or four similar containers, and the whole process of sipping for others is not taboo. The containers are also openly placed on the table.
According to the smokers, after inhaling the laughing gas, people will feel relaxed, happy and even have hallucinations in two or three minutes. The sound and image they hear are different from the reality. They can't help laughing, even dancing and singing.
'take a sip, it feels like it's coming, but it's gone, so many people will keep on taking it. If you inhale too much, you will have headache and incontinence. '
In addition to sucking in laughing gas from the container, there are also some that are pumped into the balloon. A little balloon, hold it with your thumb and forefinger, and take a sip if you want to, just like smoking. This is called "Hi balloon".
Reporters have friends who know about "Hi balloons.". A friend of advertisement planning said that he once met in a KTV, 'I was late, went to the wrong box, pushed the door into it, two or three young people were blowing balloons. At that time, I was thinking, it's strange to play balloons in KTV at night?'
Xiaoqi has not been listed in the new drug list
Not in the catalogue of narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs published by the Ministry of public security
But not at will
According to previous reports, laughing gas can be bought on the website.
Yesterday, we entered the word "smile" on the shopping website and found 45 pages of relevant results. Search results include "laughing gas bomb", "laughing gas cream gun", "laughing gas foaming machine", etc.
The shop owner introduces the foam maker used to make cakes, which is equipped with a foam maker and a laughing gas bomb. The shop owner has made it clear that laughing gas cannot be used for sucking.
In the comments of netizens, there is such a dialogue: "what do you want to do with balloons?" of course, it's for suction. '
Excessive use of laughing gas will cause death. Is it illegal to use or sell laughing gas?
Yesterday, the reporter learned from the public security department that at present, Xiaoqi has not been listed in the catalogue of new drugs, nor in the catalogue of narcotic drugs and psychotropic drugs released by the Ministry of public security.
'laughing gas is a kind of medical medicine, which can not be used at will. Professor Hu Shuangfei, director of Anesthesiology Department of Provincial People's Hospital, said in an interview, "even in hospital, anesthesia also has risks. Before inhaling laughing gas, we need to rule out whether there is heart disease. If yes, inhalation of nitrous oxide can cause severe hypotension, which is life-threatening during surgery. Not to mention, laughing gas is used outside the hospital at will. '
"Again, I would like to emphasize that if you inhale laughing gas at will, you will have headache, incontinence and other symptoms, and even lead to coma, nerve injury, stroke, epilepsy and chronic depression. The most serious one will die on the spot due to asphyxia and severe hypoxia. '