Jakarta. Sneezing is one response that occurs naturally in the body. There is an assumption that when sneezing then the heart will stop beating. Is it really like that?

Some things are known to cause people to sneeze like an irritation of the nose due to dust, pepper, powder or pollen, viral infections such as flu, inhaled corticosteroids with medication and exposure to sunlight (called photic sneezing refleks).

But news of the heart stop when people sneeze is not true, the pressure in the chest when someone sneezes just change the pressure on the heart rate but did not stop him, as quoted from Menshealth.about, Monday (09/12/2011).

Sneezing begins with a tickling sensation in the nerve endings that send messages to the brain to clean the lining of the nose. Before sneezing person will draw a deep breath and chest muscles tighten.

Pressure in the lungs will increase and then eyes are closed and there was a sneeze. The existence of these pressure changes create rhythm of the heartbeat to be changed so that some people consider his heart stopped during a sneeze.

When clean some parts of the body will be involved such as muscles in the face, throat, chest and abdomen. This makes it possible for men who are young to sneeze more powerful than the old man, or woman for having a smaller body frame.

Here are some other interesting facts about sneezing are:

  1. Sneezing is a reflex that can not be automatically stopped when it started to sneeze
  2. People can not sneeze while sleeping because the nerves that are involved in reflex activity also rested
  3. Approximately 18-35 percent of people experience when exposed to bright light sneeze suddenly
  4. When sneezing, mucus or foreign objects in the mouth and nose will come out with a speed of 100 miles per hour and issued 100,000 germs into the air

Donna Griffiths from Worcestershire, England holds the longest sneezing attack during the 978 days between January 1981 until September 1983. Initially she was sneezing every minute, she had sneezed every 5 minutes.

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