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.
In another alarming incident a video of a boy from Tamil Nadu went viral, he scraming in pain after after eating "smoking biscuit", while the boy was hospitalised the state goverenment's food safety department (FSD) ordered a ban on the use of liquid nitrogen in foods, labeling them as "dangerous", the directive extended to all food busniess operators, stressing the importance of ensuring complete evaporation of liquid nitrogen from food or drinks before consumption.
It's highlighted, liquid nitrogen, if misused in foods or mishandled otherwise, can scorch organs or body parts it comes in contact with making the burn appears like frostbites.
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