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2004/09/02 15:33 |
>Loud Music Can Cause Lung Collapse
>
>Music that is blasted loud enough
>can actually pack enough punch to cause lungs to collapse,
>Reuters reports.
>
>Four such cases are detailed in the medical journal Thorax
>in which young men suffered a lung collapse, or pneumothorax,
>that appeared to be triggered by very loud music.
>
>This happened to three of the men when they were at concerts
>or in clubs;
>
>the fourth man was in his car,
>which was custom-fitted with a 1,000-watt bass box
>because he "liked to listen to loud music," reports Reuters.
>
>A lung collapse occurs when there is a small rupture
>in one of the lungs that allows air to seep into the space
>between the lungs and the chest wall.
>
>The victim suffers breathlessness and chest pain.
>
>Small collapses may repair themselves on their own,
>but severe cases require a chest tube to be inserted in the lung
>to allow the air to escape the chest cavity.
>
>How does music cause the lung to collapse?
>The booming bass,
>which can be felt as a vibration throughout the body,
>may cause the lungs to begin vibrating at the same frequency
>and that can cause the lung to rupture.
>
>In two of the four cases,
>the young men were standing near large loudspeakers
>when they suddenly felt intense chest pain.
>
>In a third case,
>the young man had suffered previous episodes of pneumothorax,
>and during a follow-up visit, his physician mentioned the possibility
>of loud music being the cause.
>
>The patient then remembered that two of the attacks
>occurred at heavy metal concerts.
>
>Lead study author Dr. Marc Noppen
>of the Academic Hospital in Brussels, Belgium, told Reuters
>that he suspects more cases of lung collapse due to loud music
>will now be caught by doctors
>who probably never considered this before.
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