How does smelling salts affect some one who has fainted?!


Question: How does smelling salts affect some one who has fainted!?
When some one has fainted and smelling salts is waved under noses~then the person wakes up quickly and says'What happened'Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Smelling salts are chemical compounds used to arouse consciousness!. One such compound is ammonium carbonate, a whitish, crystalline solid ((NH4)2CO3!.H2O)!.

Smelling salts release ammonia [NH3] gas, which irritates the mucous membranes of the nose and lungs, and thereby triggers an inhalation reflex (that is, it causes the muscles that control breathing to work faster)!.

When placed in water, it is called "aromatic spirits of ammonia!."[citation needed]

Ammonium carbonate was formerly known as sal volatile!. It was also known as spirit or salt of hartshorn, because ammonia was primarily produced from the antlers of male deer (harts)!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

If you faint your temporary loss of consciousness is due to insufficient oxygen reachjing your brain!. Smelling salts are a mixture of compounds usually containing ammonia, which when inhaled act as a stimulant because it produces a catalytic oxidation when you breathe it in and your brain then reacts by causing you to withdraw from the pungent substanceWww@Answer-Health@Com





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