Connor Wilton, The 27-year-old from Shirebrook, Derbyshire, was hospitalised when his dad, Jamie Wilton, 53, found him 'collapsed' on the floor in November 2022 after using nitrous oxide.
READ MORE:A 27 year-old man claims laughing gas 'ruined his life' after his extreme use of the drug left him permanently disabled, incontinent and reliant on 30 daily pills to control his pain.
Doctors later discovered he'd suffered severe nerve damage as excessive use of laughing gas had starved his body of oxygen and B12 vitamins. This ultimately left him paralysed. Even after spending three months bedbound in hospital and four months in a rehabilitation unit, Mr Wilton will 'never be able to stand up straight' and is forced to use crutches and a wheelchair while taking around 30 tablets a day to manage pain.
He explained he had so little muscle control that his hands began to bend like 'dinosaur hands' and he became incontinent, leaving him needing to wear incontinence pads for five months. Although possession of laughing gas is not currently illegal, English law prohibits its sale to under-18s if there is a chance they will inhale it.• Dizziness, difficulty in thinking straight and fits of giggles/laughter.• In some people, a headache can be an unwanted immediate effect.• Unconsciousness or death from lack of oxygen. This occurs when the available oxygen for breathing is effectively pushed out by the nitrous oxide.
'I was abusing it for years. I did it socially at weekends and when I went to Kavos and stuff like that. He was rushed to hospital where doctors discovered he had a vitamin B12 deficiency and degeneration of the spinal cord as a result of using nitrous oxide. Having first started to use laughing gas aged 18 on lads' holidays and at social events, the former mental health rehabilitation worker started 'abusing' the substance, which became illegal in November 2023
It revealed the nitrous oxide destroyed all the B12 — needed for the body to produce DNA and maintain healthy blood and nerve cells — and starved his body of oxygen.
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