A cryotherapy session in Paris has turned deadly, with one woman dying and another hospitalised in critical condition due to a nitrogen leak from a cold chamber, according to French investigators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The tragedy occurred on Monday evening at a small sports centre located in the 11th district of the French capital, according to a police source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to initial findings, a nitrogen leak from the cryochamber is thought to have caused the poisoning, a source close to the investigation said. An employee of the gym, who was in her late 20s, died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A client of the establishment, who is in her 30s, was hospitalised in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“An investigation into the cause of death has been launched,” the Paris public prosecutor’s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three people who were in contact with the victims and provided first aid also received treatment, the police source said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The gym, where 150 people were present when the tragedy struck, was evacuated shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AFP <\/em>journalists present at the scene on Monday evening saw a body covered with a white sheet being carried out of the sports centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Screens were set up to conceal what was happening in front of the door to the gym and along the pavement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nitrogen is a colourless, odourless gas that is commonly used in cryotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During a session in a walk-in chamber, a person is exposed to temperatures below -100\u00b0Celsius for a recommended time of no more than three minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Advocates say whole body cryotherapy is effective in reducing muscle soreness, stress, rheumatism and various skin conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Star athletes and celebrities have used whole-body cryotherapy as an alternative to ice packs and cold water baths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But many experts warn that the treatment has not been proven to be medically sound and are urging further research to determine the short- and long-term effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diego Brisset, 26, said he planned to work out at the gym but was told it was closed on Monday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said he did not practice cryotherapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I was always told it was dangerous”, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cryotherapy came under scrutiny in the United States in 2015 after a woman froze to death at a Las Vegas spa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 24-year-old woman was believed to have entered one of the spa’s cold chambers after business hours to relieve some aches and was discovered the next day by a co-worker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A cryotherapy session in Paris has turned deadly, with one woman dying and another hospitalised in critical condition due to a nitrogen leak from a cold chamber, according to French investigators. The tragedy occurred on Monday evening at a small sports centre located in the 11th district of the French capital, according to a police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","inline_featured_image":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_798604363342440":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4014,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012\/revisions\/4014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakjazbo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}