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You really seem shockingly self-unaware given the thread you're posting in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death#South_Korean_governm...

> The Korea Consumer Protection Board (KCPB), a South Korean government-funded public agency, issued a consumer safety alert in 2006 warning that "asphyxiation from electric fans and air conditioners" was among South Korea's five most common summer accidents or injuries, according to data they collected. The KCPB published the following:

>> If bodies are exposed to electric fans or air conditioners for too long, it causes [the] bodies to lose water and [causes] hypothermia. If directly in contact with [air current from] a fan, this could lead to death from [an] increase of carbon dioxide saturation concentration and decrease of oxygen concentration. The risks are higher for the elderly and patients with respiratory problems. From 2003 [to] 2005, a total of 20 cases were reported through the CISS involving asphyxiations caused by leaving electric fans and air conditioners on while sleeping. To prevent asphyxiation, timers should be set, wind direction should be rotated, and doors should be left open.



That's not the NHS :) And it's also not a health institute/system.

Maybe you should explain what you think the problem is with PMS, because I don't get it. It seems to me that the scientific consensus is to acknowledge the existence of something called PMS. What it encompasses (e.g. including "mood swings" or not) and whether it's a medical problem is, however, debated.




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