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[quote]LONDON – Beware unhappy asthmatics: Italian doctors warn that Facebook could trigger an attack in some susceptible users.
Gennaro D'Amato and colleagues treated an 18-year-old man whose asthma attacks were apparently sparked by logging into Facebook and seeing how many men his ex-girlfriend had friended.
The man had been taking two inhaled steroid drugs several times a day to control his asthma. But when his girlfriend dumped him — and worse, unfriended him on Facebook — his condition deteriorated.
Using a new nickname, the man re-friended his ex-girlfriend on the social networking site. But the stress of seeing her photo on Facebook linked to so many new male friends was too much.
"The sight of this seemed to induce (shortness of breath), which happened repeatedly on the patient accessing her profile," wrote D'Amato of the High Specialty Hospital A Cardarelli in Naples, Italy and colleagues. Their letter was published Friday in the medical journal Lancet.
The man's worried mother measured his breathing patterns before and after his Facebook activity and found a 20 percent difference. After consulting a psychiatrist, the man decided not to log into Facebook any more. That stopped the asthma attacks. D'Amato and colleagues say social networks could cause psychological stress and trigger attacks in depressed asthmatics.
Doctors, however, should not be advising anxious asthmatics to avoid social networking, said Max Blumberg a psychologist and research fellow at Goldsmiths University in London.
"One case study does not make for a good scientific study," he said. "We shouldn't demonize Facebook as the problem."
He said that the man might have had the same reaction if he had heard the gossip about his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriends down at the village bar.
Blumberg also doubted people would refrain from using the popular networking site to snoop for potentially unsettling information. "How many people are going to be able to resist looking into what our ex-partners are doing?"[/quote]
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Well stop spending 24/7 on facebook and excercise more and you wont have retard attacks.
Time to SUE!
This was less of an asthma attack and more of a fucking loser attack
[quote]an 18-year-old man whose asthma attacks were apparently sparked by logging into Facebook and seeing how many men his ex-girlfriend had friended.[/quote]
:stalker:
[QUOTE=JaxJesse315;26254911]:stalker:[/QUOTE]
Perfect use of that emoticon. Hats off to you
:golfclap:
Internet drama causes some people to freak out. Who would have thought?
Also I'm not sure if that kid can be called a man if that's what he was doing.
What a pussy reason to have an attack. Last time I had one was when I was attempting to recite Ode To Joy. Was in the hospital for 6 hours and was on 3 different medications for a month.
Sounds like this guy isn't one of those stereotypical Italians from the Jersey shore. They're usually having a blast drinking and fucking etc.
Facepunch is full of manly teenagers with many girlfriends.
[QUOTE=IStanI;26267697]Facepunch is full of manly teenagers with many girlfriends.[/QUOTE]
What side of facepunch do you live on?
[quote=bubz;26278657]what side of facepunch do you live on?[/quote]
The OIFY probably. All sorts of crazy thing happen in there.
What a pathetic tool, he's better off without his slutty ex.
[QUOTE=Psychokitten;26278823]The OIFY probably. All sorts of crazy thing happen in there.[/QUOTE]
Like having girlfriends.
[i]Hmm, i should check Emily's profile.... OH MY GOD SO MANY MEN ON HER FRIEND LIST.[/i]
[b]HNGGGGG[/b]
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[QUOTE=Psychokitten;26278823]The OIFY probably. All sorts of crazy thing happen in there.[/QUOTE]
Crazy things but no girlfriends
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