Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Ill effects of betel nut chewing--


pl post on yr FB pages


It can cause stimulant effects similar to caffeine and tobacco use. It can also cause more severe effects including vomiting, diarrhea, gum problems, increased saliva, kidney disease, chest pain, abnormal heart beat, low blood pressure, shortness of breath and rapid breathing, heart attack, coma, and death.


the quicklime can cause calcification of lungs.


My cousin died of it.


8-18-2021



BETEL NUT: Overview, Uses, Side Effects, Precautions

 

Salman Rushdie--Imaginary Homelands--esp. worth re-reading--Inside the Whale, Attenborough's Gandhi etc.

Also other Rushdie publications in different languages, Rushdie related commentaries, Knife etc. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=salman+rushdie+...