Anybody have a link or can me where I can find a medical journal or other creditable source that says your heart does not stop when you sneeze?
http://www.snopes.com/language/phrases/blessyou.htm
Check common explanations section, item number 3.
Snopes is generally pretty credible.
I’ve done over a thousand cardiac stress tests in my career, which involve monitoring each patient for an average of 15 minutes on an ekg. Many of them have sneezed. I never noted a single incident of “heart stopping” or even a brief sinus pause because of this.
How’s that?
QtM, MD
None of these are just I would call creditable. The first two don’t say where they are getting their information. And QtM, I don’t know you or know you are a doctor, I don’t think you are a liar but there is no way for me to confirm you are correct.
BZ00000, I have an idea then. Why don’t you march yourself down to your local cardiac unit then and ask for yourself in person?
Careful! they might not really be doctors :rolleyes:
Anyway; it seems fairly clear that you want this information to win an argument; why don’t you just ask your opponent to provide a reputable cite that says your heart does stop when you sneeze?