Is it Possible to Die From A Broken Heart?

It is almost Valentine’s Day and all I could hear from single people are love, love and love. Love indeed is in the air nowadays. But, Valentine’s Day reminded me of how I experienced my first broken heart, so cheesy indeed, huh?

Some people says broken heart pain is nothing more than a folklore. I was not convinced that broken heart has no physical effect because I really felt a literal pain by the time I experienced it. I was encourage then to have some info about broken heart pain and how to cope up.

Stress cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome could be due to emotional shocks such as traumatic romantic break up, death of a loved one, or a shock in a surprise party. It has been found out that with stress cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome, stress hormone could shoot up to three times higher than those suffering from heart attack though patients possess unclogged and healthy arteries. Grief could stress the cardiovascular system thus causing a heart attack-like syndrome.

It is indeed possible to die from broken heart thus you need not to grieve that much. You can prevent yourself from suffering from stress cardiomyopathy or broken heart syndrome by drinking plenty of water (more than 8 glasses of water daily), take sufficient rest (8 hours sleep), having time for exercise everyday (at least 30 minutes everyday) and in learning things how to cope up stress.

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