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    1. 02-17-2010 07:58 PM #1
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      Medical Explanation for "Heart Break"

      Does anyone have a good explanation for the concept of "heart break". What is the medical reason why it feels like your heart is being ripped piece by piece and dropping into your stomach? What causes the vertigo? If it is considered figurative speech then why does it feel so true? Slash offered the idea that it could be muscle stress, or heart rate... Is there anyone else who knows the facts?

      Just plain curiosity... maybe if there is a medical explanation there could be a medical cure?
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    2. 02-17-2010 08:47 PM #2
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      Quick wiki search leads to this:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_cardiomyopathy
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    3. 02-17-2010 09:42 PM #3
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      Quote Originally Posted by Insener View Post
      Quick wiki search leads to this:
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takotsubo_cardiomyopathy
      The treatment of takotsubo cardiomyopathy is generally supportive in nature. In individuals with hypotension, support with inotropic agents or an intra-aortic balloon pump have been used. In many individuals, left ventricular function normalizes within 2 months. Aspirin and other heart drugs also appear to help in the treatment of this disease, even in extreme cases.

      THERE IS TREATMENT.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Siиdяed View Post
      The treatment of takotsubo cardiomyopathy is generally supportive in nature. In individuals with hypotension, support with inotropic agents or an intra-aortic balloon pump have been used. In many individuals, left ventricular function normalizes within 2 months. Aspirin and other heart drugs also appear to help in the treatment of this disease, even in extreme cases.

      THERE IS TREATMENT.

      English please.
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    5. 02-20-2010 12:43 AM #5
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      Lolz. I love it when I get to explain medical stuff to a layman. Inotropic Agents = Drugs that alter muscular contractions.
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      Quote Originally Posted by Shaelyn View Post
      English please.
      I summed it up for you.

      Just read the pretty capital letters. Atta girl.
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      http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Medical+Explana...or+Heart+Break
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      It makes no sense to me how a heart can break- even after going through that very thing right now. I'm not a hopeless romantic at all, and a scientific explanation would be appreciated. It's like I have a dull ache in my heart ever since i lost someone, and it's just so strange ;/
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    9. 03-06-2010 02:43 PM #9
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      http://www.heartmath.org/research/re...art-brain.html

      You get a head ache when you experience brain stress. You get a heart ache when you experience heart stress.



      Makes me wonder if those things that resemble lobes are of a stereotypical number for Heart ganglia to have...

      (for those that didn't read the article, here is the original picture)
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