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Five people began vomiting after consuming dry ice as mouth fresheners at a Gurugram restaurant..
Five people began spitting blood after eating mouth freshener at a restaurant in Gurugram..
Dr Ashutosh Shukla, Medical Advisor and Senior Director, Internal Medicine, Max Hospital, Gurugram, said that exposure to dry ice can cause burns, ulcers in the mouth and stomach and frostbite (since dry ice is a coolant)...
"Exposure to carbon dioxide gas or dry ice can directly cause irritation, redness, and even more serious injuries to the eyes..
If a person is exposed to dry ice in a poorly ventilated room, they can experience asphyxiation (lack of oxygen) since there is an accumulation of carbon dioxide...
