Heavy metal music can be hazardous to your health—at least, in what appear to be rare circumstances.
重金属乐可以对你的健康造成危害,至少在极个别的情况下会出现危险。
A 50-year-old fan who recently rocked out at a Mot0rhead concert developed bleeding in the brain that required surgical repair.
最近在摩托头乐队的演唱会上,一位50多岁的疯狂粉丝跟随摇滚节奏乐疯狂摇头,导致脑部出血,需要进行外科手术才能治疗。
He had celebrated the band's signature fast tempo music by headbanging—that is, violently pitching his noggin to and fro in time to the music.
他当时用疯狂的摇头庆祝这个乐队的标志性快节奏音乐,即跟着音乐节拍猛烈摇动脑袋。
A month after the concert, the man experienced an intense headache.
演唱会一个月后这位粉丝头痛十分严重。
Doctors found on the right side of his brain a chronic subdural hematoma:
经医生检查发现他的大脑右侧出现了慢性硬膜下血肿:
an injury where blood collects under the brain's outer protective membrane.
患处是在大脑外部的保护膜收集血液的地方。
Surgeons fixed him up.

The case study is in the journal The Lancet.
该病例研究已经在《柳叶刀》医学杂志上发表。
Headbanging is usually considered relatively harmless, though it can cause whiplash or shorter-term head or neck pain.
疯狂摇头可以引起颈部扭伤,短期头痛和颈痛,但是这种行为通常被认为相对无害。
A follow-up scan of the Mot0rhead fan revealed that a benign cyst may have made him more vulnerable to brain injury than your standard heavy metal enthusiast.
而接下来对该摩托头乐队粉丝的头部扫描表明,一个良性囊肿可能使他比一般的重金属乐爱好者更容易遭受脑损伤。
The study authors say devotees may maintain their headbanging habit, as such bleeds are so uncommon.
研究人员表示这样的脑部出血很少见,因此音乐爱好者们可能会继续他们的疯狂举动。
Even more uncommon are brain injuries sustained at concerts featuring the music of Mozart, Mahler or even Rachmaninoff.
更罕见的是,头部损伤在莫扎特,马勒,甚至拉赫玛尼诺夫等音乐会中也是屡见不鲜。