According to the French investigators, a cryotherapy session in Paris has become fatal, in which a woman is dying and has been hospitalized in a serious condition due to nitrogen leakage from a cold chamber.
According to the police source, a tragedy took place on Monday evening at a small sports center located in the 11th district of the French capital.
According to preliminary findings, a source of investigation is considered to be the cause of poison due to a nitrogen leakage from the cryochamber. A gym employee, who was in the late 20s, died.
A customer of the establishment, which is in his 30s, was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.
The office of Paris Public Prosecutor said, “The cause of death has been initiated.”
Police source said that three people who were in contact with the victims and provided first aid.
The gym, where 150 people were present, were evacuated shortly after when the tragedy was killed.
AFP On Monday evening, reporters present at the scene saw that a body was covered with a white sheet, which was taken out of the sports center.
The screen was installed to hide what was happening in front of the gym and in front of the pavement.
Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless gas that is commonly used in cryotherapy.
During a session in the walk -in chamber, a person is exposed to temperatures below -100 ° C for a recommended time of more than three minutes.
Advocates say that the cryotherapy of the entire body is effective in reducing muscle agony, stress, arthritis and various skin conditions.
Star athletes and celebrities have used the entire body cryotherapy as an alternative to ice packs and cold water bathing.
But many experts have warned that the treatment has not proved to be the therapeutic sound and is urging further research to determine short and long -term effects.
26 -year -old Diego Briset said that he planned to work in the gym, but it was reported that it was closed on Monday evening.
He said that he did not practice cryotherapy.
“I was always told that it was dangerous”, he said.
Cryotherapy was investigated in the United States after death at a Las Vegas spa in the United States in 2015.
The 24 -year -old woman is believed to have entered one of the cold chambers of the spa after commercial hours to relieve certain pains and was discovered by a colleague the next day
