"Dry Drowning' claims the life of 10 year old boy
By hersheyskiss
@hersheyskiss (761)
United States
June 6, 2008 12:24pm CST
A 10 year old boy in South Carolina died an hour after getting home from swimming from a little known phenomenom called 'Dry Drowning." I have never heard of this, but it was such a sad story. Have any of you ever heard of this?
Here is a link to the story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24982210
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@enola1692 (3323)
• United States
6 Jun 08
this is so tragic I was reading the mom was upset cause she was playing the what if game her son was tired after swimming so she told him to take a nap she couldn't of known an my heart gose out to her an her family I am also gratefull they allowed the press to interview her so other parents can be aware of dry drowning before yesterday I never heard of such a thing
@hersheyskiss (761)
• United States
6 Jun 08
i know this is so tragic, my heart goes out to her also.
@Phaedra_Scythe (3325)
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6 Jun 08
I've never heard of this. It's really bizarre. To think your child is walking around and could be drowning right at that time. The poor parents. I can't imagine how they must feel right now.
@hersheyskiss (761)
• United States
6 Jun 08
I just hope she doesn't blame herself. And this was a happy occassion for the child because it was his first time to go swimming. I think pediatricians should warm parents of this danger, because I had never in my life heard of this and my 15 year old came home from swimming last week burning up with a fever. I just figured he had gotten to hot out in the sun and he had gotten sunburned, which I was upset about because I had told him to wear sunscreen and he did no, but in the end he paid for it with pain.
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@lynnchua (3412)
• Singapore
10 Jun 08
I've heard of that, dry drowning is something usually not noticed. It is know as secondary drowning, which occurs when fluid fills the lungs and keeps the organs from absorbing oxygen. People could walk around, talk, speak and their lungs be filled with water.
@william2233 (225)
• Concord, California
7 Jun 08
How sad, and no never heard of It.
After I've read it I do now.
Thanks for brining this artical up to us that have children. As I have two
