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sirboddingtons t1_j63fy3e wrote

Reply to comment by bonyponyride in BBC News: Dad's warning after girl, 14, dies from inhaling deodorant by chrisdab

This happened with a can of febreeze to our school nurse's child in elementary. Her daughter who was round 5 at the time decided to freshen up the room for company and did as she always had seen her mother, spray the can, but instead she unloaded the can, completely emptied it into their small dining room. She went unconscious and then required life support for several weeks.

Permanent brain damage to the point of essentially functioning as a child for the rest of her life.

Story scared the crap out of little 2nd grade me about aerosol cans.

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GoochMasterFlash t1_j63un95 wrote

Makes me wish spray deodorant was banned in schools. I remember a major part of middle school gym class was people getting into axe spray fights in the lockers. You couldnt breathe in there with two or three people spraying them at each other

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letmestandalone t1_j63ygus wrote

In high school I was in a music practice room with a small group and someone threw a can of axe in the room which had been stuck open with a straw or something. They then immediately shut the door and jammed it shut, which wasn’t hard because there were so many chairs in the hall as it was being used to store the excess practice chairs. We were desperate to get out. I’m not asthmatic but I am allergic to most perfumes, and axe is one of the worst. I had to be sent home because I was throwing up and struggling to breathe. We didn’t see who threw the can in and the school never followed up, but they could have killed someone, maybe even me, doing that. I’m still kinda furious someone didn’t get suspended over that.

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TheCh0rt t1_j64e7zd wrote

I would have been more worried about the hordes of beautiful, highly aroused women chasing after you like a pack of starving wolves.

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mrsc1880 t1_j65ujxp wrote

Honestly, I would've been there. I was a sucker for an overly scented boy.

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MoldyLunchBoxxy t1_j642cp9 wrote

Yep. I wonder if I have any damage done from all of the spray people used to use in the locker rooms.

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JBreezy11 t1_j65puto wrote

Yay, more adds to my fear list, as my son is about to go to K-12 soon.

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Mid-CenturyBoy t1_j6ea2tr wrote

If anything has this ability it should absolutely be banned outright. That’s Mother Nature telling us to figure something else out.

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braiinfried t1_j640lsl wrote

Makes me wonder if I have brain damage the boys locker room air in hs was either swamp ass or axe no In Between

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groveborn t1_j63zxw8 wrote

I've been noticing a trend of eliminating compressed cans lately... I wonder if someone finally decided to care a bit about the consequences.

I really like my fabreeze spray bottle,

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NPVT t1_j64ljl7 wrote

Not to mention that stuff has chemicals known to cause cancer.

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cateml t1_j68d5hc wrote

Oh god that is heartbreaking.

And yes to add - I remember hearing over the years cautionary tales about similar to the story posted.
It seems excessive, but you’ve got to keep in mind what kids of that age are like - may be very self conscious about their bodies, may be very worried about the idea of someone saying they smell or of it being used as ammunition by bullies, and well not take caution in ways that adults would automatically. I seem to remember in the story I heard it mentioning a boy who may have had OCD, so factoring that in as well.

Normally the room will still be ventilated enough and they would cough or feel woozy and eventually stop. But you just need the wrong set of factors occurring together to risk it ending tragically.

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tronaldmcdump t1_j63mfiy wrote

Did the daughter get brain damage or the nurse?

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sirboddingtons t1_j63sra6 wrote

Sorry if that wasn't clear. Obviously the nurses daughter! I'd be quite terrified if our school nurse had the mental functionality of a child providing nursing to children! Haha

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tronaldmcdump t1_j63tlty wrote

It was clear but then I re-read the first line and I was like wait a second do I have all the facts here?

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