Risks in Deodorants Young girl dies by deodorant spray
Most people naturally use deodorant so as not to smell like sweat. For a 12-year-old schoolgirl from England, however, the excessive use of deodorant ended with a tragedy: The girl died after she inhaled toxic gases from the spray.
British schoolgirl is afraid of bad body odor
Whether flowery, fruity or spicy: deodorants provide a pleasant scent and protect against the smell of sweat. Almost everyone uses the sprays, scooters or creams daily to get fresh through the day and not smell unpleasant. For the 12-year-old Paige Daughtry, however, this wish has become doomed: she used her deodorant so exaggerated that contained therein toxins led to a deadly poisoning.
Misfortune occurs during family vacations
The incident occurred in July 2016, according to a report in the British paper "The Telegraph", while fleetwood (England) during a holiday in an amusement park. The mother found her daughter lifeless in a caravan that the family had booked for the holidays. The Briton had previously gone alone in the caravan to listen to music in peace. In the meantime, she was apparently over-injecting herself with deodorant - a habit she daily pursued, and the family knew about.
"She wanted to spend hours in the bedroom, spraying and spraying because she did not want to stink. She used to spray in small rooms and I scolded her, "36-year-old Ann Daughtry told the Telegraph..
Volatile substances cause cardiac arrhythmia
But this time the spraying came to a dramatic end. As indicated in the autopsy report, certain toxic gases in the spray had led to a cardiac arrhythmia in the girl. The immediately initiated resuscitation measures could not help either. According to the forensic pathologist Dr. Jonathan Metcalfe was caused death by the "inhalation of volatile substances".
"Analysis of the brain samples showed two substances in aerosols known as volatiles and present in the deodorant used," Dr. Metcalfe. The parents were unaware that the constant deodorant use could be a danger. "There has never been a point where we started to think there was a problem - not in the way we thought she was snooping or something. There were no signs that I noticed, "the mother continued.
Cheap Deodorant Spray is dangerous entry-level drug
Experts warn for some time about the dangers of Deospray, because the inhalation of much deodorant gas can lead to respiratory paralysis and suffocation in addition to life-threatening cardiovascular disorders. Unfortunately, the deo is often used by teenagers for snooping to get intoxicated.
Especially with younger people, the spray is a very dangerous entry-level drug because it is cheap and available everywhere. Just a few months ago, a 15-year-old took Deospray as a drug and landed in the hospital, two 14- and 16-year-old girls sniffed deodorant spray until they fainted. (No)