# gasoline and dizziness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-and-dizziness/210953>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 2, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-and-dizziness/210953 "2003-11-02T04:56:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![captainQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@captainQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/captainQwark)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-and-dizziness/210953/1 "2003-11-02T04:56:39Z")

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Several years ago, when I was pumping gas, the fumes made me dizzy. Does that mean I suffered brain damage?

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**Author:** ![SunTzu2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@SunTzu2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunTzu2U)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-and-dizziness/210953/2 "2003-11-02T05:04:52Z")

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Yes

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Joe\_Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Random)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-and-dizziness/210953/3 "2003-11-02T08:27:48Z")

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> \*Originally posted by captainQwark \*  
> \*\*Does that mean I suffered brain damage? \*\*

Not likely. Your dizziness was the result of some relatively minor oxygen deprivation. It’s not something that you should actively seek out, but such a minor episode of deprivation isn’t likely to have any lasting effect.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-and-dizziness/210953/4 "2003-11-02T16:27:15Z")

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What was the question again?

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**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2003, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gasoline-and-dizziness/210953/5 "2003-11-02T16:37:48Z")

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Pump iron, not gasoline. --Arnold Swartzengovnegger