Does your heart skip a beat when you sneeze?!


Question: I was told this really happens.


Answers: I was told this really happens.

Kind of. Here's what happens:

Your heart takes in blood from your body through two huge veins called the superior and inferior vena cava, which are located within your chest. That blood fills the right side of your heart (the atrium, and then the ventricle) from which it is pumped into the lungs, back to the left side of your heart, and into the rest of your body. When you sneeze a lot of pressure builds up in your chest and that pressure pushes on the vena cava and prevents some of the blood from flowing into your heart. So the next heart beat to follow has less than the normal amount of blood to pump. Your heart makes up the difference without a problem, but that can feel a little weird to some people. Your heart doesn't stop when you sneeze, but it is behaving a little differently.

No

Yes, that is why people say bless you when you sneeze.

It can do this. However it does not always. People have "skipped heart beats" called PVCs all the time. I would say a PVC happens on average about 1 every couple minutes for healthy adult. With more then 3 a minute not uncommon in the elderly. More than 6 a minute and most likely you got some heart problems going on.





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