Thursday, November 27, 2014

Effects After Riding A Roller Coaster

Riding an extreme roller coaster ride can be fun. However, we can't escape the fact that it can actually promote psychological and physical effects on human beings. Here are some interesting facts about how it affects us aside from being scared.

Physical

During a huge impact of acceleration or speed of the roller coaster, it will result to painful ears which is the cause of the swelling of the ear canal and it is called the ear barotrauma. There was an accident reported that a man who rode an 120-mile-per-hour roller coaster ride suffered this condition. Another common physical effect is heart problem. The faster your roller coaster ride goes, the faster the speed of your beating heart. Increase heart rate is known to be caused by psychological stress, fear and your age especially the elders. Therefore those with cardiovascular diseases must not ride a roller coaster due to a huge possibility of heart attack. Last but not the least is the whiplash injury. Because of the quick and sudden movements of a roller coaster, it may cause spinal injuries after riding it. However, symptoms like neck and back pain as well as the mobility of the arms and feet will show up a day or two after riding it. 

Psychological

Like any other scary objects, people can also have a phobia of riding roller coasters which is called the coasterphobia.   It can also be related to other kinds of phobia. First is the Acrophobia. It is the fear of heights. When they are on the top of the highest peak of the roller coaster ride, they tend to feel that they're going to fall resulting to clinging more on to handles. The second one is Claustrophobia. This is the fear of getting physically restraint or small spaces. For safety purposes, people who ride roller coasters are tightly intact this is why people with this fear abstinent from riding. Traumatic events especially of a young person can also trigger the fear of roller coasters. 

Look at their funny reactions while riding the biggest roller coaster of the world

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