A disturbing incident with cryotherapy leaves the woman dead and another wounded

It seems that a cryotherapy machine has not led to the tragic death of a 29-year-old woman in Paris, France, this week.

The unusual death armor Monday night at the air fitness in East Central Paris, according to local law enforcement agencies. The woman, an employee of the gym, seems to have died due to the leakage of nitrogen from the cryotherapy machine. A second woman, 34 years old, was critically injured and is currently in intensive treatment.

Cryotherapy or cryostimulation is an emerging practice. A modern shape of it, cryotherapy with the whole body, requires people to be fully exposed to extremely cold temperatures for a few minutes at a time. Some studies suggested Cruit therapy may alleviate certain types of pain and inflammation and may have other health benefits such as Improvement of sleepS

Croitherapy machines often use chilled liquid nitrogen to produce these temperatures. In this case, temperatures may have reached -148 degrees Fahrenheit (-100 degrees Celsius), according to AFPS But when it is gas, nitrogen is both odorless and colorless. As a result, the European Industrial Gases Association (EIGA) has warn These incorrectly designed or maintained machines may pose a danger to safety. If too much nitrogen gas penetrates the cryo-cabbage or surrounding space, it can quickly displace oxygen without notice, which can then suffocate people.

This seems to be here. Both women were in cardiac arrest until emergency services arrived. Another three people who tried to revive women were also taken to the hospital while about 150 people were evacuated from the building.

According to police, the machine supposedly was repaired during the day – a repair that may be tragically wrong. But authorities say they are still investigating the matter. “Autopsy and toxicology analysis will be performed to determine the exact cause of death,” a spokesman for the Paris Prosecutor’s Office to say The guardian.

The death associated with cryotherapy is rare but not unheard of. For example, in 2015, a spa employee in Las Vegas died by accident from suffocation by using a cryotherapy machine.