Clare teenager died from brain damage after inhaling aerosol deodorant

Inquest heard the autopsy had confirmed girl had died from a lack of oxygen to the brain and damage to her heart muscle from a cardiac arrest due to the inhalation of a deodorant.

A Co Clare teenager suffered fatal brain damage after inhaling the contents of an aerosol deodorant that her mother had bought just hours earlier, an inquest has heard.

The tragic circumstances of the death of Sarah Mescall, 14, from Cloongowna, Kilnamona, Co Clare, at Children’s Health Ireland in Crumlin on September 25, 2023, were heard at a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court.