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Asphyxia
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<p>Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of <a href="/facts/Oxygen/acyn6o8r">oxygen</a> to the <a href="/facts/Human_body/WP1QbDTn">body</a> which arises from abnormal <a href="/facts/Breathing/92Wov2gk">breathing</a>. Asphyxia causes <a href="/facts/Generalized_hypoxia/JWV04G89">generalized hypoxia</a>, which affects all the tissues and organs, some more rapidly than others. There are many circumstances that can induce asphyxia, all of which are characterized by the inability of a person to acquire sufficient oxygen through breathing for an extended period of time. Asphyxia can cause coma or death.In 2015, about 9.8 million cases of unintentional suffocation occurred which resulted in 35,600 deaths. The word asphyxia is from <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a> α- "without" and σφύξις <i>sphyxis</i>, "squeeze" (throb of heart). </p>