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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Stephanie Balloo & Milica Cosic

'Hippy crack' warning as medic seeing patients with 'excruciating pain' side effect

A medic has issued a warning over the dangerous laughing gas trend taking the UK by storm, as he has seen patients walk into his clinic with worrying symptoms.

A terrifying nitrous oxide trend that is 'plaguing' parts of Britain sees people develop symptoms and pain so severe that the skin cannot be touched, they experience the feeling of walking on nails, and a burning sensation which has been likened to a lighter being held to the foot.

Medics have now been left fearing that more and more youngsters in cities are experiencing "excruciating pain" in their feet or legs due to excessively inhaling the hippy crack or laughing gas.

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