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

I presume that the sensation of breathing just arises from lungs inhaling *something*, not necessarily air. Think about it – you could breathe an odorless, toxic fume like carbon monoxide, and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. Until you fall unconscious and die, that is.