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== Risk mitigation == | == Risk mitigation == | ||
Cease poppers usage if blood oxygen levels become lowered. Pale or blue skin or lips, | Cease poppers usage if blood oxygen levels become lowered. Pale or blue skin or lips, or a headache can be used to identifiy low blood oxygen levels. If you don't recover, then seek medical help. | ||
Pulse oximeters should not be used to monitor oxygen level when poppers are used, since the methemoglobin produced by the poppers will interfere with their readings<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Watcha |first=Mehernoor F. |last2=Connor |first2=Michael T. |last3=Hing |first3=Anne V. |date=1989-07-01 |title=Pulse Oximetry in Methemoglobinemia |url=https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150190095030 |journal=American Journal of Diseases of Children |volume=143 |issue=7 |pages=845–847 |doi=10.1001/archpedi.1989.02150190095030 |issn=0002-922X}}</ref>. | |||
Avoid spilling poppers which can expose you to higher concentrations over a period of time than otherwise intended. | Avoid spilling poppers which can expose you to higher concentrations over a period of time than otherwise intended. | ||