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Comment by United857 | Hacker News Reader

Misleading headline -- the person managed to survive and didn't "succumb" (die)

Just because "succumb" is euphemistically used to refer to death doesn't mean it's the only meaning. Perhaps "Users suffers a seizure..." would have been a better phrasing though.

Not for driving clicks.

  1. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; 
     give up or give in. See 'yield'.
  2. To die, especially from a disease or injury.

succumb only means failed to prevent it in no way means die, you literally need to add "die" into the sentence to indicate death

succumbed to fear <> die

succumbed to love <> die

etc

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