Watching House again and a couple of times people have died (temporarily) when their hearts stop. But before they go they all mention pain. This reminded me of when people have heart attacks there’s pain in the chest and left arm.
But why would it hurt if the heart stops beating? Is it the nerves, muscles, whatever dying due to the lack of oxygen and nutrients or is it the brain screaming at itself that the heart has stopped and it’s in full panic mode?
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When your heart actually stops beating, you’ll pass out almost immediately, so you won’t feel anything (you might wake up during CPR; and then you’ll feel pain from the CPR).
However, in many cases, something is going on before your heart actually starts beating. That might be a heart attack, or a developing arrhythmia, or any number of other things. That might lead to pain, discomfort, palpitations, or any number of weird feelings.
However, if you just went straight into cardiac arrest, you would just lose consciousness.
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