Nitrogen Paan Harmful

 

A recent incident at a wedding reception in Bengaluru  a 12-year-old-girl was left with a "hole in her stomach", after she ate a paan infused with liquid nitrogen recently.

According to reports, she was hospitalised and diagonsed with a condition called perforation peritonitis-a hole in the stomach, the portion of the girls stomach with a hole, which was found to be 4*5 cm, had to be surgically removed via a sleeve gastrectomy, doctors said, her harrowing experience included a two-day stay in intensive care followed by six days in the hospitals before discharge.