Why boiling water should not be used in inhalation?
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There are certain concepts denoting to the relation of side effects accompanied by inhaling steam.
Steam is created when water is boiled, and inhaling that steam has certain adverse affects, that's why it should be avoided.
- It leads to severe scalds, in terms of burn injuries. For example: A research paper states that annually, on average three people are admitted to in one of the Dutch burn centres for burns resulting from steam inhalation therapy.
-Some people have researched upon using steam to treat common colds in which the results showed no progress in the patients health so this was deemed as a dangerous act.
-This is due to rising cases of children as burn victims when they used steam to treat their colds.
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