A 23-year-old Brit man, born with a congenital heart defect, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest after watching a porn film.
According to an inquest, Chris
Nicholls, who could not be cured despite his repeated surgeries
beginning as early as when he was 15-months-old, was found dead by his
mother, Clare, in his bedroom.
Chris had undergone another open-heart surgery just weeks before his death at his residence in Redhill, Surrey.
“Christopher was
watching a blue movie when I found him. Later I told my husband, ‘I
know what’s happened. It’s got to be a rush of adrenaline because he’s
got excited,’” the Sun quoted Clare as saying.
Dr Mary Sheppard, who later
examined Chris after his death, told Clare that watching pornography
could have led to the cardiac arrest.
The pathologist said: “Any kind
of excessive stress or excitement could have brought on serious erratic
heartbeat. So, yes, that could have been a factor.”
Clare, however, lay the blame of his son’s death on London’s Royal Brompton Hospital, where Chris had his latest operation.
She said: “No one there told me
how imminent death could be. When I asked for guidelines on how to care
for Chris at home they looked at me like I was mad.”