You feel great when you are in love and it shows, because your health glows. But why and how does your health react in case of an undesired break-up? Scientists say, intense stress caused by bereavement can make someone ‘die of a broken heart’.
While it has always been suspected that emotional problems can put the heart under pressure, this was believed to have been caused by ‘primitive’ brain regions, such as the brain stem sending messages to heart tissue. Bereavement has been one such unexplained problem.
Researchers say, that in such a situation, the regions of the brain responsible for learning, memory and emotion can destabilize the cardiac muscle of someone who already has heart disease. So, when we are under stress like this, the ‘higher regions’ of the brain take part in a vicious circle of activity which can trigger harmful rhythms in the heart.
Doctors say, the activity in ‘higher level’ regions, such as the cortex make the heart to stress, often worsening the situation. And thus, the brain areas responsible for regulating heart function can be unbalanced, which in turn can increase the risk of sudden death through cardiac arrest.
So now, do you know why broken heart can be fatal? Just take care and take things easy, if and when you are going through such a situation in life!
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I guess that's easier said than done. But, while going through a break up, it's just such a traumatic experience--the unexpected break up that is. The ones that are "expected"---almost like someone dying of cancer- you "expect it", so it's not a "sudden death", it's easier, however still difficult.
When people say they have a broken heart and that their heart hurts, it's so true, isn't it? In the literal sense!
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