The belief is widespread that during sneezing the heart stops, and then restarts. We decided to check whether this vital organ really behaves during the sneezing.
The popularity of this opinion is evidenced by the fact that the Russian -speaking Google when requesting anonymous regime as dedicated description (capacious answer to the question asked) issues Such statement: “In addition, the heart stops for a short time during individual physiological processes, for example, when we sneeze.” In addition, many users are interested in the question: on "Answers.mail.ru", on the resource "Rambler / Doctor"as well as bloggers "Zena". Sites dedicated to the interpretation of the foundations of Islam, Bind With a stop, the heart and the traditional formula that the believer must pronounce after the sneezing: “Alhamdulille” - supposedly in this way people “give praise to the Almighty for the opportunity to live on.”
Sneezing - This is a protective unconditional reflex, during which, through the forced exhalations from the upper respiratory tract, dust, mucus and irritating substances are removed. By calculations Scientists, 59% of healthy people sneeze less than once a day, while 31% of the population of the planet sneezes from one to four times a day. Speed out of the air when sneezing even more than that high -speed Trains: 160 km/h against 140 km/h. In the act of sneezing, not only the nose is involved. The nerve endings with the nasal mucosa transmit the signal to the oblong brain, then along the spinal cord roots the impulse goes to the respiratory muscles, the tongue, clinging to the palate, closes the nasopharynx and oral cavity, close the eyes. The intercosure and straight muscles of the abdomen, as well as the muscles of the diaphragm and larynx, are involved. If you carefully listen to your body immediately after sneezing, you can feel that the next heart blow is felt as stronger than usual. This sensation suggests that during sneezing the heart stopped, and then restarted. However, this is not so.
The work of the heart Provide Electric impulses. They do not affect those physiological processes that occur during sneezing. While the heartbeat rhythm is really It may change For a few seconds. This is how this happens: right before sneezing, a person takes a deep breath, the pressure decreases, and the heart rate (heart rate) rises. Immediately after the speed of air, the pressure inside the abdominal cavity drops sharply, this, in turn, accelerates the blood flow in the heart, increases pressure and reduces heart rate.
Dr. Richard Conti, former president of the American Cardiology College, suggests: The belief that the heart stops in the process of sneezing, arose precisely because of the subjective sensation of a stronger than usual, hitting the heart immediately after sneezing. The very idea that sneezing makes the heart stop, he calls the groundless one. Agree With him, the cardiologist David Ratlen of the University of Arkansas of Medical Sciences: “The process of sneezing can be compared with the Valsalva maneuver*: the occurrence of pressure in the chest can cause the reaction of the vagus nerve, which slows down the heartbeat and makes the heart miss the blow.” In this case, the electrical activity of the heart continues And at this moment, that is, the work of the heart itself does not stop. Cardiologist Kenneth Mayuga from Cleveland Clinic speaksthat he watched patients whose heart monitors record heart rate and heartbeat rhythm for several years. The sneezing, according to the devices, did not cause significant pauses in the beating of the heart, and even more so did not stop it.
In this case, there is an extremely rare pathology - Fainting when sneezing. A decrease in heart rate or blood pressure, which occurs during sneezing, leads to the fact that a person loses consciousness. The last time such a pathology Fixed French doctors in a 50-year-old man with arterial hypertension in 2014. The episode of sneezing led at least to the dizziness and instability of the gait, and at the maximum - to a short -term loss of consciousness. In 2006 there was Described The case of an 88-year-old woman with similar symptoms. With this, she was more fortunate: doctors quickly found the cause of strange coincidences. For the treatment of glaucoma, she used beta-blockers of the eye drops, which detained electrical signals in her heart and, after sneezing, led to a loss of consciousness. After the drops of the drops, fainting stopped.
Thus, the belief that the heart stops for a while due to sneezing is nothing more than a myth. The electrical work of the heart continues, while the following struggle of the heart can be felt as stronger behind the sneezing. Very rarely sneezing can lead to fainting, but only a few such cases have been recorded in the history of medicine.
*Exercise, which consists in an attempt to make a strong exhalation when clamped with the mouth and nose and closed vocal cords. It is used, for example, by air passengers to get rid of the sensation of ears congestion during a set or drop in height, as well as turbulence.
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