When you sneeze, it changes the pressure inside your chest (intrathoracic pressure) and this affects blood flow to the heart. This alteration in blood flow can temporarily affect the beating of the heart, but it most definitely will not stop.
By the way, the medical term for a sneeze is sternutation. Throw that one around and even some doctors won’t know what you are talking about.
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"Does your heart stop when you sneeze?" was posted on Sunday, April 27th, 2008 at 11:35 am.
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