A friend just told me that when you take a yawn or a hiccup your heart stops and that a man die of a heart attack cause he was yawning all time,please tell me its not true...?
2007-10-02 14:21:34 · 15 answers · asked by Katherine 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
no it is not true silly!
2007-10-02 14:24:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have been told repeatedly that the heart stops when a person yawns or hiccups. No doubt that SOMEONE died of a heart attach because he was yawning all the time; people die from sneezing, coughing hiccupping, all sorts of things.
What is your point? We will each and everyone of us die; it is merely a matter of when, where, and how.
People with sleep apnea will not be surprised; that is what sleep apnea is; your heart stops, and you stop breathing. Then it starts up again, causing the rasping, annoying sound known as snoring! :):)
While it is a POSSIBILITY, its LIKELINESS or its PROBABILITY of happening is slight, almost nil.
So, don't worry; get a good night's sleep.
2007-10-02 21:35:51 · answer #2 · answered by Nothingusefullearnedinschool 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew up hearing the same thing. It is not true, it is what was told to children to spook them. I have never heard of anyone who has really died from it. And if it were true I would have seem it by now, or it would have been me that it happened too. So kick back and relax and have a few good yawns at thier story.
2007-10-02 21:46:02 · answer #3 · answered by Kay A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not true.
A healthy heart can SLOW DOWN in response to various things that occur in the body but it it's healthy, it will not stop. A common experience is people having a sense of nausea and lightheadedness when they see something objectionable (such as watching the doctor put stitches in someone) - this is called a vasovagal reaction and it occurs when the brain sends a stimulus down the vagal nerve to cause the heart to slow down. We don't know why this happens (it doesn't seem to make much sense) but we do know that it happens - sometimes to the degree that someone can pass out!
A similar reaction can occur with hiccups or bearing down (as in straining at stool).
A healthy, heart, however, will not stop because of this.
2007-10-02 21:27:39 · answer #4 · answered by Doxycycline 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it's not true. while sometimes you may yawn because you need a little oxygen boost....i don't think i've ever heard of someone dropping over of an MI due to a yawn or hiccup.
2007-10-02 21:25:54 · answer #5 · answered by bella36 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i yawn all the time. that doesnt mean anything. a man hiccupped for 7 years and hes alive, annoyed by em but alive!
2007-10-02 21:25:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would your heart stop when you yawn?lol
Nope, your friend is lying
2007-10-02 21:26:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No this is not true. Your heart stops of medical reasons. Many of which are high cholesterol which leads artery blockages. There are other diseases which cause the heart to stop.
2007-10-02 21:26:05 · answer #8 · answered by Aristotle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no don't listen it has nothing to do with the heart it's a lunge function and a stomach problem gases biuld up in these please and this is what happens even passing wind does the same problem however continuous sneezing does put stress on the heart
2007-10-02 21:33:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not, but actually when a person sneezes the heart dose miss a beat.
2007-10-02 21:41:19 · answer #10 · answered by mailliam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Had it been true then lots of people would die on Sunday mass
2007-10-02 22:19:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋