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Loud Music Can Cause Lung Collapse

Posted by timothy on from the but-so-can-bad-movies dept.

ahrenritter writes "This Reuters article discusses a report in the medical journal Thorax describing the cases of three young men who suffered a lung collapse (pneumothorax) apparently triggered by standing too close to very loud concert speakers. A fourth case occurred in a car that was outfitted with a 1,000 watt bass box. I guess deafness isn't all we have to worry about now!"

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  1. haven't had problem breathing... by sevinkey · · Score: 5, Interesting

    but anyone else ever been at a concert with such low rumbling rediculous bass that you can feel your heart beating a little off?

    this only happened to me with dead voices on air, which uses a rediculous about of computer processing, but this was beyond nautious.

  2. I loved this quote by docbombay · · Score: 5, Funny

    "But so-called primary spontaneous pneumothorax happens in the absence of an underlying disease, typically striking tall, thin, male smokers." So with enough bass, you could wipe out half the kids at any emo concert.