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Liquid Nitrogen in Smoke Pan: A 12-year-old girl in Bengaluru developed a hole in her stomach after consuming liquid nitrogen paan. She was rushed to the hospital due to stomach pain. On examination, a 4×5 cm hole was found in her stomach. A complicated surgery was performed for the same. The infected part of the girl's stomach was removed in the surgery. She is now in good health after being discharged from the hospital.
What is liquid nitrogen gas?
The girl had gone to a family function where she ate smoked pan. Liquid nitrogen gas is used in smoke pans. Let us know what nitrogen gas is. Like oxygen, nitrogen is also found in abundance in the Earth's atmosphere. It is colorless and tasteless. When the temperature of nitrogen goes below -195.8 degrees Celsius it turns into liquid form. However, the temperature on Earth never drops so low that it can be artificially brought into liquid form.
How does liquid nitrogen cause harm?
Liquid nitrogen has two properties that can cause health problems. One is its temperature, which is called cold burn in technical language. Cold burns cause damage to body tissues. Even if it comes in contact with skin, eyes etc. it causes a lot of harm.
The second effect is that 1 gram of liquid nitrogen can produce 600-700 ml of gas. If your weight increases even by 2-3 grams, you have to expel about 1500 ml of gas from the stomach. Most of the time the body is unable to control it and the body gets damaged. Due to which life can be in danger.
After a boy fell ill after eating 'smoked biscuits' in Karnataka's Davanagere, the Tamil Nadu health department issued an order on April 25, mandating that food items or drinks be completely evaporated with liquid nitrogen before serving them. should go.