Teen Dies from using too much Caffeine

[The Solution]

Teen dies from too much caffeine, coroner says

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/health...eath-caffeine/

The teen consumed three caffeine-laced drinks -- a cafe latte, large Diet Mountain Dew and an energy drink -- in a two-hour period before collapsing in his classroom at Spring Hill High School on April 26, Watts said.

Watts said Davis had purchased the latte at McDonald's around 12:30 p.m. After that he consumed the Diet Mountain Dew and the energy drink.
Davis collapsed at the school in Chapin, near Columbia, just before 2:30 p.m. and according to Watts, was pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m.

[Big Beat]

Teen dies from too much caffeine, coroner says

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/15/health...eath-caffeine/

The teen consumed three caffeine-laced drinks -- a cafe latte, large Diet Mountain Dew and an energy drink -- in a two-hour period before collapsing in his classroom at Spring Hill High School on April 26, Watts said.

Watts said Davis had purchased the latte at McDonald's around 12:30 p.m. After that he consumed the Diet Mountain Dew and the energy drink.
Davis collapsed at the school in Chapin, near Columbia, just before 2:30 p.m. and according to Watts, was pronounced dead at 3:40 p.m.

I can't take too much caffeine myself. It gives me the shakes. I can drink as much tea as I like (which has half the caffeine of coffee) but a real strong cup of coffee and I'm jittering like a junkie.

[cook]

You wouldn't think that would be enough to kill a person

[Big Beat]

You wouldn't think that would be enough to kill a person

I did wonder the symptoms of his death were.

Did the caffine affect his heart, triggering sudden adult death syndrome?

[Young Gotti]

I was listening to a podcast the other day and they were talking about how many monster energy drinks would you need to kill someone....the amount they found was something crazy, like 50....then they found reports of someone dying after 3....my guess is theres an underlying medical condition contributing

[Virtual Trauma]

I was listening to a podcast the other day and they were talking about how many monster energy drinks would you need to kill someone....the amount they found was something crazy, like 50....then they found reports of someone dying after 3....my guess is theres an underlying medical condition contributing

^^^This.

[Prince]

caffeine needs to be banned, it's too unsafe for Americans.

[Curt James]

caffeine needs to be banned, it's too unsafe for Americans.

i c what u did there. Lol

[Curt James]

I did wonder the symptoms of his death were.

Did the caffine affect his heart, triggering sudden adult death syndrome?

Is that actually a thing?

(Googles)

Wow.

"Sudden unexpected death syndrome once caused more deaths among males than car accidents in Southeast Asia. Most of those affected are young males. Although there has been a significant amount of research on this topic, scientists have not been able to determine the exact cause; it is thought to be the body’s failure to accurately coordinate electrical signals that cause the heart to beat and the blood to keep flowing. This syndrome is also very difficult to detect even with extensive tests and an electrocardiograph reading."

More @ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudd...death_syndrome

[Mobster]

I'd question what the f**k he was doing (like being up all night etc) that required him to want to drink three high dose caffeine type drinks in the space of two hours. Plus those are the ones that people knew about. And, as they say it wasn't an overdose... how can they say it was 'too much' (per se - we know he died)?

[babygorilla]

did the monster can fall off a shelf and hit him on the head?

[Big Beat]

Is that actually a thing?

(Googles)

Wow.

"Sudden unexpected death syndrome once caused more deaths among males than car accidents in Southeast Asia. Most of those affected are young males. Although there has been a significant amount of research on this topic, scientists have not been able to determine the exact cause; it is thought to be the body’s failure to accurately coordinate electrical signals that cause the heart to beat and the blood to keep flowing. This syndrome is also very difficult to detect even with extensive tests and an electrocardiograph reading."

More @ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudd...death_syndrome

I heard about it as a few guys in their late teens/early 20's died on sports fields in the middle of games. They were fit healthy guys. A defibrillator could have saved them but there was none available.

[The Solution]

Sadly, this is very common among people in high school.
Coffee on the way to school, a couple energy drinks throughout the day, and a pre-workout before the left or do any kind of sporting activity. Being a teacher and seeing it on the daily is nothing unordinary. I bet Curt could chime in here too being he is a teacher and sees it among students. Almost every high schooler just loves caffeine and will drink anything and everything with it.. Regular soda (caffeine), coffee (Caffeine), energy drinks (Caffeine), Pre-workouts for any sporting athlete (caffeine). I would not be surprised if a normal high school kid has an average of 1g a day if not more.

I'd question what the f**k he was doing (like being up all night etc) that required him to want to drink three high dose caffeine type drinks in the space of two hours. Plus those are the ones that people knew about. And, as they say it wasn't an overdose... how can they say it was 'too much' (per se - we know he died)?

[Vince Goodrum]

You wouldn't think that would be enough to kill a person

It wasn't so much the caffeine but the very short amount of time that he ingested all of it....definitely enough to trigger cardiac arrhythmia when all of the effects hit at once

[Mobster]

Sadly, this is very common among people in high school.
Coffee on the way to school, a couple energy drinks throughout the day, and a pre-workout before the left or do any kind of sporting activity. Being a teacher and seeing it on the daily is nothing unordinary. I bet Curt could chime in here too being he is a teacher and sees it among students. Almost every high schooler just loves caffeine and will drink anything and everything with it.. Regular soda (caffeine), coffee (Caffeine), energy drinks (Caffeine), Pre-workouts for any sporting athlete (caffeine). I would not be surprised if a normal high school kid has an average of 1g a day if not more.

You and Vince are both right. I saw examples of this doing voluntary youth work for 18 months here. A 500ml can of Monster at 8pm... can't sleep and need more to get going in the morning