<p>Although the notion of being scared to death may sound like a myth, it does happen to people and animals, researchers say. For the study, the authors examined this question in detail, Digg reported. <br /><br />According to them, heart attacks go up during times when there are earthquakes, financial catastrophes, and civil unrest. They also go up when soccer games go into overtime and when people see scary movies.<br /><br />They happen to humans, they happen to animals, and they happen without any actual injury to your body. Bodies are designed so that they can literally be scared to death. <br />There are a couple of ways that fear and stress can stretch out, rip up, or break a heart. <br /><br />The heart is a set of tubes, surrounded by muscles. The muscles support and squeeze the tubes. Blood, squeezed through the tubes, is pushing out. The muscles squeeze in. <br />One of the most well-known syndromes throws off the balance between those tubes and muscles. <br /><br />Doctors in Japan noticed that people who had persistent stress, pain, and fear, came in with symptoms of a heart attack. These were relatively healthy, young people. </p>.<p><br />When the doctors looked at one of these hearts, they noticed that one of the chambers in it was grossly distended. Some doctors might have looked at the widened chamber and seen an eggplant or a light bulb.</p>
<p>Although the notion of being scared to death may sound like a myth, it does happen to people and animals, researchers say. For the study, the authors examined this question in detail, Digg reported. <br /><br />According to them, heart attacks go up during times when there are earthquakes, financial catastrophes, and civil unrest. They also go up when soccer games go into overtime and when people see scary movies.<br /><br />They happen to humans, they happen to animals, and they happen without any actual injury to your body. Bodies are designed so that they can literally be scared to death. <br />There are a couple of ways that fear and stress can stretch out, rip up, or break a heart. <br /><br />The heart is a set of tubes, surrounded by muscles. The muscles support and squeeze the tubes. Blood, squeezed through the tubes, is pushing out. The muscles squeeze in. <br />One of the most well-known syndromes throws off the balance between those tubes and muscles. <br /><br />Doctors in Japan noticed that people who had persistent stress, pain, and fear, came in with symptoms of a heart attack. These were relatively healthy, young people. </p>.<p><br />When the doctors looked at one of these hearts, they noticed that one of the chambers in it was grossly distended. Some doctors might have looked at the widened chamber and seen an eggplant or a light bulb.</p>