Carbon monoxide alarm in Vienna: father and child in the hospital!

Carbon monoxide alarm in Vienna: father and child in the hospital!

In the Vienna-Simmering district, a four-year-old child and his father were hospitalized in their apartment on March 28, 2025 due to increased carbon monoxide values. The alarmed mother, who previously complained of abdominal pain, called the emergency services. When they arrive, the co-warner of the emergency services in the apartment raised the alarm. The increased values probably come from the heated coals of a shisha that was used in their own four walls. Fortunately, the health of father and child after the co-alarm was not critical. The mother as well as a youth and a young adult, who were also in the apartment, did not have to go to the hospital. The professional fire brigade checked the premises and extinguished the carbon residues of the water pipe to avoid another danger. vienna.at reports that ...

These incidents bring the dangers of shisha smoking, especially among young people, to aware. Shishas appear to many as harmless leisure activity, but appearance is deceptive. A DAK study shows that every second tenth grader in Germany has already smoked tobacco from a hookah, while about 15 percent of the respondents regularly smoke Shisha. The increasing shisha bars, which are often considered harmless, particularly irritate young people with sweet-fruity flavors. Experts warn, however, that shisha smoking is at least as dangerous as smoking cigarettes. DW.com reports ...

Health risks of shisha smoking

shisha tobacco can contain up to 20 times more nicotine than a cigarette. Daily shisha smoking corresponds to the consumption of around ten cigarettes and causes long-term damage similar to cigarettes. This damage can significantly impair the lung function and increase the risk of developing cancer. Carbon monoxide, which is released on the hunch when the coal is burned, also carries the risk of poisoning. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are dizziness, nausea, unconsciousness and seizures. Patients with this poisoning require pure oxygen or even treatment in a pressure chamber.