'FOAM PARTIES' POSE UNSEEN HAZARDS.Byline: Dallas Morning News Doctors are warning that "foam parties A foam party is a social event at a nightclub or dance club in which participants dance to music played by a DJ and drink on a dance floor covered several feet of suds and bubbles dispensed from a foam generator machine. " may not exactly be good clean fun. In the New England Journal of Medicine The New England Journal of Medicine (New Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is one of the most popular and widely-read peer-reviewed general medical journals in the world. , Houston doctors described six patients who ended up in their offices after spending an evening "dancing on a dance floor covered with several feet of foam, similar in appearance to the suds in a bubble bath, raining from the ceiling. "At a 'foam party,' as such a dance is called, much of the patrons' bodies may be covered with foam," the doctors reported. "Although the exact chemical or detergent detergent (dētûr`jənt, dĭ–), substance that aids in the removal of dirt. Detergents act mainly on the oily films that trap dirt particles. was not identified, it was an alkaline alkaline /al·ka·line/ (al´kah-lin) (-lin) 1. having the reactions of an alkali. 2. having a pH greater than 7.0. al·ka·line adj. 1. agent." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. physicians at the Hermann Eye Center in Houston, six men, ages 19 to 29, came to ophthalmologists four days after attending a foam party. They were suffering from painful chemical burns to their eyes as well as some sight loss. The patients were treated with antibiotics, and two men who had problems with their corneas were given patches. After two weeks of treatment, four of the six patients recovered, and two were left with slight permanent changes in vision. |
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