Open Question: Taiwanese Man Dies After Watching ‘Avatar.’ Your thoughts?
Posted by adminFeb 9
A 42-year-old man in Taiwan has died of a stroke likely caused by over-excitement from watching the 3-D blockbuster epic Avatar, USA Today reports.
The man, identified only by his last name Kuo, is said to have had a history of high blood pressure. During the screening, in the Taiwanese city of Hsinch, Kuo reportedly began to feel unwell; by the time he reached the hospital he was unconscious. A scan showed that his brain was hemorrhaging. Kuo died 11 days later.
An emergency-room doctor told AFP: It’s likely that the over-excitement from watching the movie triggered his symptoms.
The movie was probably an attributing factor. Did it cause him to die? Nope. He had a history of HTN. Also, certain video games have been known to cause seizures in other wise healthy and seizure prone people. Colors, patterns, speed, excitement. Unfortunately for this gentleman, he had a stroke or a brain bleed.
Taiwan (Chinese: 台灣),[3] also known as Formosa (Chinese: 福爾摩沙; from Portuguese: (Ilha) Formosa, meaning beautiful (island)), is the largest island of the Republic of China (ROC) in East Asia. Taiwan is located east of the Taiwan Strait, off the southeastern coast of mainland China. Since the end of World War II in 1945, the island group has been under the government of the Republic of China.






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