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Inhalant. Inhalants are a broad range of household and industrial chemicals whose volatile vapors or pressurized gases can be concentrated and breathed in via the nose or mouth to produce intoxication, in a manner not intended by the manufacturer.
Airway clearance therapy is treatment that uses a number of airway clearance techniques to clear the respiratory airways of mucus and other secretions. [ 1] Several respiratory diseases cause the normal mucociliary clearance mechanism to become impaired resulting in a build-up of mucus which obstructs breathing, and also affects the cough reflex.
Oxygen toxicity is a condition resulting from the harmful effects of breathing molecular oxygen ( O. 2) at increased partial pressures. Severe cases can result in cell damage and death, with effects most often seen in the central nervous system, lungs, and eyes. Historically, the central nervous system condition was called the Paul Bert effect ...
Inhalation exposure. Inhalation is a major route of exposure that occurs when an individual breathes in polluted air which enters the respiratory tract. Identification of the pollutant uptake by the respiratory system can determine how the resulting exposure contributes to the dose. In this way, the mechanism of pollutant uptake by the ...
2O charger (bottom right), cracker (top right) and balloon. 3 liter can of recreational nitrous oxide to fill up balloons. Nitrous oxide (street name nangs, hippy crack, whippets, whippits or cannies) is a gas which can induce euphoria, hallucinogenic states and relaxation when inhaled. [ 1] Nitrous oxide is a neurotoxin and excessive use can ...
A woman is suspected of huffing fumes before her car exploded outside a shopping center in Massachusetts, police say. Fire rescue crews responded at about 3:50 p.m. Saturday, July 22, after a ...
Deaths. >400 non-fire related a year (US) [ 1] Carbon monoxide poisoning typically occurs from breathing in carbon monoxide (CO) at excessive levels. [ 3] Symptoms are often described as " flu -like" and commonly include headache, dizziness, weakness, vomiting, chest pain, and confusion. [ 1] Large exposures can result in loss of consciousness ...
With 4% of the world's population, the US had 44% of global gun suicides in 2019, and the highest rate per capita. [ 211] Approximately 1.4% of people die by suicide, a mortality rate of 11.6 per 100,000 persons per year. [ 6][ 21] Suicide resulted in 842,000 deaths in 2013 up from 712,000 deaths in 1990. [ 18]