when you die from blood loss, do you feel like you are dying from not being able to breathe? Because your lungs are breathing but you’re not getting oxygen where it needs to go, would it feel something like suffocating?

Question

when you die from blood loss, do you feel like you are dying from not being able to breathe? Because your lungs are breathing but you’re not getting oxygen where it needs to go, would it feel something like suffocating?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Nope the classic burning lung feeling associated with suffocation is the result of a buildup of co2, not the lack of oxygen. You can fill your lungs up with helium and not notice that your suffocating until you start to black out. At least a couple people die from that exact thing every year.