Everyone has gotten dizzy at some point in their life, and according to the Medical Daily website, laughing too much can even make you pass out, which was published in the Medical Case Report. recognize this situation, but blame the fainting on the forceful exhalation pressure of the laughing person that affected the blood pressure.Recently, at the Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital in Mainland China, 60-year-old Aunt An was hospitalized four times because she passed out from laughter in six months, which caused concern.
According to the “Hangzhou Daily” report, the aunt said that as a young man she suffered from chest tightness, palpitations and dizziness. 10 years ago, when he suddenly passed out, he was found to have obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, at the same time he also had serious heart valve problems and mitral valve regurgitation had gone from moderate to severe. According to the doctor surnamed Cui, who saw her, the patient cannot even be aroused or exert any force, “As long as she laughs a little, the blood flow out of the heart will be blocked, and thus cerebral ischemia will cause her to pass out. the person. “.
The doctor said that in layman’s terms, this disease is called “heart block disease, which means that people often say“ my heart is blocked and in panic. ”The incidence of this disease is not low: according to medical data, there is an average of one in 500 people. And the disease is hereditary, because the heart muscles grow very thick.
After the evaluation, Dr. Cui performed minimally invasive surgery to remove the “blocking heart muscle,” which resolved problems with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and mitral valve regurgitation. After the operation, the patient’s feeling of suffocation disappeared and he was able to laugh happily and was discharged from the hospital 8 days later. According to Dahe Daily, the incidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in mainland China has increased year on year in recent years and has become the leading cause of sudden death in adolescents and athletes during sports. to be particularly vigilant to prevent accidents.
