Heart energy
The heart is the main worker of the human body. If we draw an analogy, the faucet in the kitchen must be turned on for more than 40 years in order to pass as much water as the amount of blood pumped through the heart of a person with an average life expectancy.
Every day, the heart spends so much energy pumping blood that it would be enough to drive a truck more than 30 kilometers. During life, the heart produces an amount of energy comparable to the energy expended by a spacecraft when flying to the Moon and back.
Is it true that sneezing stops ALL body functions, even the heart?
Yes, this is true, but only partly, because a sneeze is nothing more than a protective function of our body, designed to cleanse our respiratory system of bacteria, dust and other foreign bodies. It has not yet been possible to fully study this phenomenon, but in fact, it seems that the entire body at the moment of sneezing concentrates only on this. It’s interesting, because at this time the person himself has the feeling that the whole world has stopped)) In any case, this happens to me every time.
But so far, as far as I know, this is not an exact scientific fact, but only a theory that has yet to be tested and substantiated.
I heard something similar somewhere. But if so, then in my life I was dead more than once, for a total of about half an hour, or even more. Guinness book where are you? I think and hope that this is nonsense, albeit funny nonsense!
In fact, the fact is very controversial: in literature and on the Internet, opinions are divided; on the same bv it’s the same, but in games with choosing the correct answer, the correct one always turns out to be positive. I also believe that this is so and here are my reasons. Let me take the heart as an example.
Argument number one: when you sneeze, the pain in the heart worsens, even if you try not to move as much as possible - this may well be due to the fact that the heart stopped for a second (even less) and started again.
Argument number 2: for such a short period of time as a sneeze lasts, it is difficult to understand that something is wrong in the body, but I had the opportunity to put my hand on my chest at this time - there were no blows.
What is a real one: often a person cannot sneeze immediately, but prepares by inhaling, but then exhales sharply - and this is stress for the body.
In general, when people live normally after a cardiac arrest for a couple of minutes, this second will pass unnoticed. But the heart contracts thanks to oxygen and blood = this is how it pumps oxygen and blood throughout the body - a school biology course. But during a sneeze, oxygen does not come in, but goes out - we do not inhale it at this time. This affects blood pressure, and pressure, in turn, already affects the contraction of the heart muscle.
But this is an opinion and my thoughts on the topic.
Probably, depending on what is meant by “cardiac arrest” - most likely, at the moment when a sharp exhalation of air occurs during a sneeze, the rhythm of its beating changes somewhat, so it seems that the heart “freezes.” Probably something similar happens with other systems of the body - perhaps the devices record certain vibrations, but talking about “stopping” is somewhat incorrect, I think. Separately, it should be noted that in some games that use this question, the correct answer to this question turns out to be a positive one - apparently, such a slight natural slowdown in the functioning of organs is regarded as a stop.
A sneeze is not complete constipation with a stop, but a sharp reflex exhalation - which means the “breathing” is working at this moment, and the nervous system too, and the heart does not stop - it beats, just like the ear hears, which means the brain works, according to how we hear and that is what we see.
I watched a program about drivers, and they said that it is impossible to sneeze with your eyes open, so it is very dangerous for a driver, because there a second decides everything.
When sneezing, air is exhaled sharply and along with it, dust and germs are removed from the nasopharynx, thus cleansing the body. Therefore, you should not hold back your sneezing. It is believed that it is normal to sneeze once or twice a day, but if you sneeze many times in a row, then perhaps something is wrong with the body and it warns you about it - here, of course, you need to see a doctor.. But doctors say that The heart cannot be stopped by sneezing - it is only possible to knock the heart out of rhythm..
They say this is true, but it is difficult to verify. When a person sneezes, you can’t go up to him and measure it. And some, looking at the sun, can sneeze ten times without stopping, but somehow they remain alive. It’s probably not true then that everything stops, the heart continues to work, and if the blood doesn’t pump for half a second, then it doesn’t really count.
There is an opinion that during sneezing, all processes in the body seem to be “paused.” When a person sneezes, he clears his respiratory system of dust and other things. The body at this time concentrates only on this, so this happens.
Sneezing is a protective function of our body, in which almost all internal human organs are involved in order to increase the pressure of the release of unwanted, harmful substances accumulated in the body.
I don't think this is true. We all hear different sounds when we sneeze, so not everything stops. The heart is supposed to work as soon as it stops, the brain also works. Just the eyes close.
I came across this statement at level 7 of the game “You Won’t Believe” in Odnoklassniki. The statement turned out to be true. Unfortunately, I don’t know any explanations for this fact.
Silence of the heart
The average adult's heart beats 72 times a minute, 100 thousand times a day, 36 million times a year, and 2.5 billion times throughout a lifetime.
However, the heart beats rhythmically, which means that in addition to beats, there are also pauses in the cycle. So, if you add up all the pauses between heartbeats in one average human life, it turns out that our heart is “silent” for about 20 years. It is also interesting that the heart stops when you sneeze.
Another fact that cannot be explained from the standpoint of physics. Fluid can flow from higher to lower pressure, but in our body this law is constantly violated. When measuring pressure in the aorta and femoral artery simultaneously, blood from the aorta, where the pressure is lower, flows into the femoral artery, where the pressure is higher.
Common causes of sneezing
Among the most common causes of sneezing are the following:
- influence of all kinds of allergens;
- pungent and unpleasant odors;
- nasal polyps;
- sudden change in temperature;
- physical exercise;
- eye irritation from bright sunlight;
- cold;
- pregnancy.
Scientists say that once the sneezing process has begun, it cannot be stopped. It happens involuntarily and is not controlled in any way. If the cause is a cold, then you need to cure it.
Thanks to sneezing, foreign bodies, allergens and microbes are removed from the upper respiratory tract, which in turn maintains health.
Studies have shown that suppressing sneezing is very harmful. If you close your nose and mouth at this time, you can damage the eardrum, since the pressure at this moment is directed into the Eustachian tubes, which connect the nasopharynx and middle ear.
There are many cases in nature where people tried to stop sneezing, but their blood vessels ruptured and they experienced bleeding from the nose, headache, and sometimes blindness. This once again proves the fact that the sneezing process should under no circumstances be attempted to be stopped or prevented.
Heart and ecology
Recent research from Harvard Medical School, the results of which were published in the journal Science Dayly, has proven that one of the most negative factors for heart function is poor ecology.
The study examined medical data from 107,130 women from 1986 to 2012. Analysis of the data (comparing geographic location) showed that in 523 cases of sudden cardiac arrest, living within 50 meters of a road increased the risk of such death by 38% compared to living 500 meters from the road.
Thus, today we can already say that it is possible to reduce the likelihood of coronary heart disease - just move to the village.
It all starts in the nose, but happens in the head
If you want to be considered a scientist, you might want to remember the official term in Latin: sneezing is called “sternutation.” When this happens, two processes take place at once. The first is respiratory, which is the stimulus that causes sneezing. You are probably familiar with this sensation; it can resemble a tickling in the nose, and sometimes is even accompanied by discomfort in the stomach. When you start to feel something like this, this is a signal of a sneeze, which will be caused by the work of the nerve that connects the nose to a certain part of the brain responsible for the reflex response. Not only the respiratory system is involved in the work, but also the blood circulation and muscles. Surprisingly, the brain region responsible for sneezing was identified thanks to a patient with a numb face who could not sneeze or yawn. Scientists discovered damaged nerves in her brain and determined that they were responsible for certain reactions in the body.
"Broken heart"
The heart is one of the strongest muscles of the human body, but even the heart cannot always cope with the misfortunes that befall a person. In difficult circumstances, our “engine” has its own self-defense system. Thus, one of the heart conditions may be stress cardiomyopathy, characterized by a sharp and severe decrease in the activity of the heart muscle. This syndrome is often confused with myocardial infarction.
Stress cardiomyopathy (as the name suggests) is most often caused by severe emotional distress, which is why it is also called “broken heart syndrome.”
Unlike a myocardial infarction, there is no blockage of the coronary arteries, but the release of adrenaline helps protect the heart from overstimulation, paradoxically “pausing” the heart.
What happens when you sneeze
The human body is a very complex and complex mechanism. One little-studied process is sneezing.
According to background information, sneezing is a sudden and sharp exhalation of air through the nose or mouth, which is a protective reaction to external irritants.
This protective reflex is characteristic of both humans and animals. In some cases, sneezing is a symptom of respiratory and allergic diseases. When sneezing, the speed of exhaled air is about 160 km per hour.
The most interesting thing is that a person cannot sneeze while sleeping.
When you sneeze, the airways are deeply cleansed. The process itself affects the functioning of the circulatory system, thereby changing the pressure inside the chest.
During the research, scientists found that when you want to sneeze, a tickling sensation appears in the nose, you take a breath, close your eyes, contract the intercostal muscles and exhale sharply. At this moment, the eyes reflexively close, and the neck and head are thrown back.
Heart in weightlessness
NASA recently conducted a study that yielded very interesting results. It turned out that in a state of weightlessness the heart not only weakens and decreases in volume, but also... becomes rounder. During the experiment, NASA cardiologists studied the hearts of 12 astronauts working on the ISS.
Analysis of the images showed that in conditions of weightlessness the heart is rounded by 9.4%. However, upon returning to Earth, the heart returns to its normal shape within six months and resumes “earthly” activity. To imagine the decrease in heart activity, it is enough to say that lying on a bed for a month and a half is equivalent to working in zero gravity for a week.
Does my heart stop when I sneeze?
This is one of the most common myths regarding our body. Your heart doesn't stop when you sneeze, although it may seem that way. When you sneeze, a strong positive pressure is created in the chest. It is quite powerful and can change the rhythm of the heartbeat, but not stop the heart. The feeling of a brief “bouncing” in the heart rate is perhaps the source of the erroneous belief that it has stopped. According to Dr. Jay Block, former president of the American College of Chest Physicians in New York, the development of positive pressure in the chest when we sneeze or cough is called the Valsalva maneuver 10 .
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