It’s an activity that many people enjoy after a few drinks, but one man’s karaoke experience ended in disaster last week.
The 65-year-old man, who is known only by his surname, Wang, suffered a collapsed lung after performing 10 karaoke songs in a row.
According to the South China Morning Post , the man visited a hospital in Nanchang county after experiencing chest pains and difficulty breathing.
Doctors found that his lung had collapsed due to a condition known as pneumothorax.
Speaking to the South China Morning Post, Dr Peng Bin-fei, a doctor involved in the case, explained that his lung collapsed ‘because of the high lung pressure caused by singing high notes.’
A pneumothorax is when air builds up between the outside of your lung and ribcage.
The British Lung Foundation explained: “The air can come from your lung or from outside your body if there’s a serious injury to the chest.
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