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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1318-2004Sep6.html?referrer=emailarticle

I'm not scared. Would somebody answer that damn phone!

Uh, ok... care to enlighten those of us who won't register for the Post?

A Weekly Shot of News and Notes
Tuesday, September 7, 2004; Page HE02

I SAID, 'TURN THAT THING DOWN!' Blasting music can blow an eardrum. Now researchers say it can also pack enough punch to collapse a lung.

Reporting in the British journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered lung collapse -- the technical term is pneumothorax -- apparently triggered by loud music. Three of the men were at concerts or clubs when the collapses occurred. The fourth was in his car, which was outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass box because he "liked to listen to loud music."

Sorry, but I just gotta laugh. Call me insensitive, but they're getting what they asked for...

leave it to those Brits to try and freak us out!!

its all part of the 'consumption and fear' campaign. they want us to be scared of EVERYTHING, so we wont do nothing. i stood 30 feet in front of a 60 foot high stack of speakers at a guns and roses concert, and my lungs are just fine.. well, at least there was no harm from the music!

bigjohn

I SAID, 'TURN THAT THING DOWN!' Blasting music can blow an eardrum. Now researchers say it can also pack enough punch to collapse a lung.

Reporting in the British journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered lung collapse -- the technical term is pneumothorax -- apparently triggered by loud music. Three of the men were at concerts or clubs when the collapses occurred. The fourth was in his car, which was outfitted with a 1,000-watt bass box because he "liked to listen to loud music."


A pneumothorax occurs when a small rupture in a lung allows air to leak into the space between the lungs and the chest wall. Symptoms include breathlessness and chest pain. A small, partial collapse may resolve on its own, but more severe cases require insertion of a tube to let air escape the chest cavity.

Though the report cites only a small number of patients, lead author Marc Noppen said he suspects more cases of music-induced lung collapse will be caught. Since the report's publication, he said, doctors in other countries have told him they've seen similar cases.

Noppen said he and his colleagues suspect that booming bass may be the culprit. The lungs may essentially start to vibrate at the same frequency as the bass, causing a rupture.