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Aerosol burn. An aerosol frostbite of the skin is an injury to the body caused by the pressurized gas within an aerosol spray cooling quickly, with the sudden drop in temperature sufficient to cause frostbite to the applied area. [ 1] Medical studies have noted an increase of this practice, known as "frosting", in pediatric and teenage patients ...
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 ...
Edet Belzberg's 2001 documentary Children Underground chronicles the lives of Romanian street children addicted to inhaling paint. In The Basketball Diaries, a group of boys is huffing Carbona cleaning liquid at 3 minutes and 27 seconds into the movie; further on, a boy is reading a diary describing the experience of sniffing the cleaning liquid.
Ether addiction. Addiction to ether consumption, or etheromania, is the addiction to the inhalation or drinking of diethyl ether, commonly called "ether". Studies, including that of an ether addict in 2003, have shown that ether causes dependence; however, the only symptom observed was a will to consume more ether.
Other typical symptoms include: · Coughing. · Shortness of breath. · Chest tightness. “Exercise, respiratory infections, allergen or irritant exposure or weather changes are common triggers ...
According to the document members of pedophilic organizations use of descriptions such as "boylove", "girllove", and "childlove" to indicate the pedophile's gender preference and have ...
Rugby boy. A Rugby bottle. Rugby boys ( Filipino: batang ragbi) are a collective term for gangs of street children found in the Philippines. They are one of the most well-known poverty -afflicted people found in the slums of the Philippines. They are known for using and being addicted to a contact cement known as "Rugby" brand manufactured by ...
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]