Experts say more children and teens engage in the risky sexual practice known as autoerotic asphyxiation (AEA) than previously has been thought. In this potentially fatal "choking game," a person reduces the oxygen supply to his or brain, usually through strangulation, leading to a feeling of giddiness or euphoria. Experts say AEA is much more common in males (though it is not unheard of in women), and it has been seen in children as young as nine years old. And because AEA contributes to 250...
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