A Good Poop : This is why they post all of those warnings on roller coaster line entrance signs
May 12, 2008
Thakur D, Pocha M. Pneumothorax after a roller coaster ride. Arch Dis Child. 2007 May;91(5):421. No abstract available.
So riding a roller coaster can potentially cause your lung to deflate like a balloon. Now that’s a ride!
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Roldan-Valadez E, Facha MT, Martinez-Lopez M, Herrera-Mora P. Subdural hematoma in a teenager related to roller-coaster ride. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2007 Jul;10(4):194-6. Epub 2007 Sep 1.
A subdural hematoma occurs when veins in your brain rupture for some reason (usually a head injury), resulting in blood pooling underneath your skull. The pressure created by the pooling blood can deform your brain.
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Schievink WI, Ebersold MJ, Atkinson JL. Roller-coaster headache due to spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak. Lancet. 1996 May 18;347(9012):1409. No abstract available.
A fluid leak sounds like a car problem and not a person problem. Ick.
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Pelletier AR, Gilchrist J. Roller coaster related fatalities, United States, 1994–2004. Inj Prev. 2007 Oct;11(5):309-12.
Approximately four people die every year in the United States due to a roller coaster-related injury. Given the abject stupidity of a good portion of humanity, I honestly figured it would be worse than that.
