Will Helium mess up my lungs for a long time?

I would have thought that it would have left your lungs by now, but I guess its possible that you may have some residual gas left.

However your correct to believe that helium could do this especially since its an inert element thus could technically suffocate you if there were enough of it in your lungs. The only thing that gets me though is that helium is lighter than oxygen, so by the time your squeaky voices go away, the helium should be gone from your lungs.

It’s possible that there’s something else in your environment, or that (depending form the size of these balloons) your muscles suffered (a lot) from the lack of oxygen and were still in the process of recuperating.

Could be something in the helium, just like with nitrous oxide, there is a medical grade, and the grade they use in cars. It could have something in the helium. I wouldn’t worry too much about it, course, I’m currently bleeding to death.

@truecomedian something mixed with helium is unlikely as helium is inert and will displace any other gas, meaning you can’t have another gaseous element/compound inside a cloud of helium. This is from what I know/learned so far so if someone can show me I’m wrong with a source i can check out (NOT a wiki site, por favor)

Your assumption would mean that helium was NOT the gas inside the balloons, which could spell a whole lot of bad joo joo.

No, what I was thinking was that it was a different grade of helium, but from what you said, that’s doubtful. Enough helium can kill you, but under these conditions, even long term effects seem odd.