Bite of hot dog stops 9-year-old boy's heart, reveals rare condition
@amadeo (111938)
United States
September 6, 2017 3:51pm CST
Good evening.
After finishing up my notification and commenets.
Cruising around the internet to see any news of the storm plus other.
This caught my eye on a young boy die from biting a hot dog.
Here is the news below
A bite of a hot dog stopped a 9-year-old boy's heart, but not because he choked, according to a case study published today in Pediatrics.
The boy, from Turkey, was eating a hot dog at school when he fainted. He was resuscitated, but then Istanbul doctors heard an usual heartbeat.
Further tests showed he had a rare heart condition known as Brugada syndrome, which can cause sudden death. A piece of hot dog caused the boy's vagus nerve, which assists heart and gastrointestinal function, to change his heart beat.
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@carriep98 (71)
• United States
8 Sep 17
I think the bite of the hot dog triggered the vagus nerve to change his heartbeat, causing it to be irregular. I don't know this for sure but it looks like what he said in the story.
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@crossbones27 (50203)
• Mojave, California
6 Sep 17
Wow, that is crazy, but glad they were quick to see the cause and saved him. Amazing stuff.
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@crossbones27 (50203)
• Mojave, California
6 Sep 17
@amadeo Young, only make him stronger in long run. Why I say I hate clean freaks and there is more ways to one than just the saying. Germs, bad stuff helps our body learn to adapt. Great he was young now his body will take the necessary actions or at least try to. That is really all you can ask for.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
6 Sep 17
@crossbones27 they were.yes.I wonder if there will be any damage there?
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@indiandevil (2410)
• Canada
7 Sep 17
Wow, I never heard of this happening before either. Poor kid, and parent's I can't imagine losing a child, especially like this. So sad. 
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
7 Sep 17
yes,no one have not heard of this.I am sure will hear more of it.
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
6 Sep 17
Wow that is something I had never heard of.
The poor kid.
But they helped him through it I hope.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
6 Sep 17
@TiarasOceanView.I am sure lot of people have not heard of this.I for one also
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@just4him (318846)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
6 Sep 17
That is so sad. I'm sorry the parents and family lost a son.
. @carriep98 (71)
• United States
8 Sep 17
Oh my, I have certainly never heard of this rare condition, there aren't many I have heard of. I do see how the hot dog could have caused it.
@jstory07 (142366)
• Roseburg, Oregon
7 Sep 17
That is an unusual case and iit was a good thing they were able to save him.
@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
7 Sep 17
I do hope that something can be done to keep this child alive. What an awful condition he has.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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7 Sep 17
It's always so sad when children actually die because they have a condition which has never revealed itself before. So good that he was resuscitated.
