Does your heart really stop when you sneeze?

Question:

I've heard it's the closest you get to dying without something actually going wrong, or having trauma to the body.

Answers:
In a word, no, your heart does not stop when you sneeze. From my perspective, it is hard to even imagine what this would mean. A sneeze itself is really a very brief event, occurring in a shorter time then a heartbeat. Of course, there is the building up to the sneeze (the "ah" of the "ah-choo"), but the heart certainly does not stop beating because of this ah-ing. Check your pulse next time to prove this to yourself.

Other Answers:
No, it doesn't.
Source(s):
My personal thoughts on the topic

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