Corticosteroids are also used supportively to prevent nausea, often in combination with 5-HT3 antagonists (e.g. ondansetron). Typical undesired effects of glucocorticoids present quite uniformly as drug-induced Cushing's syndrome.
Common causes. A gas explosion occurs when the gas/air mixture reaches a critical value, then any spark, flame or heat source can ignite the mixture. The explosion is caused when the rapidly expanding, burning gas is confined and builds up pressure. As the pressure builds, something has to give, and in a home gas explosion it is usually the windows.
Volcanic gases are probably the least showy part of a volcanic eruption, but they can be one of an eruption's most deadly effects. Most of the gas released in an eruption is water vapor (H 2 O), and relatively harmless, but volcanoes also produce carbon dioxide (CO 2), sulfur dioxide (SO 2), hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S), fluorine gas (F 2), hydrogen fluoride (HF), and other gases. All of these gases can be hazardous - even deadly - in the right conditions.