“Let yourself be tickled to death”is an expression we often use. Even if we laugh so much “I’m dying now!” We can use expressions like this, but we never think about the reality of it.

Can we really die if we laugh too much? Is there such a possibility? Let’s explain.

It can affect the heart.

Laughing too much can cause a number of negative effects in our body. For example, heart problems. There’s even a term specific to this possibility: laughter-induced syncope. This situation; During excessive laughter, blood pressure drops rapidly and the amount of blood flowing to the brain decreases, which can cause loss of consciousness.

There is even a documented tragicomic case of this. In 1997 a 62 year old person; The famous TV series of that time “While watching Seinfeld He often fainted from laughing too much, and this situation was called “Seinfeld syncope”.

Technically he could die, but that’s not very possible.

Todd Cohen, MD, MD, of the New York Institute of Technology, explains that laughter-induced syncope causing the heart to stop He says that while it is technically possible, the chances of it happening are very slim. For someone to die laughing, there must be side factors as well.

What are these side factors?

Yes, there have been cases of laughing deaths due to asphyxiation and cardiac arrest, but this is not a likely cause of death for healthy people. The person has asthma or another asthma heart disease Only if this is the case can it have dangerous consequences.

A 2009 study found that more than 40% of 105 asthmatic people suffered from laughing-induced asthma. In severe cases it can when there is no access to a ventilator or medication It is said that asthma attacks can be fatal.

In summary, dying from laughter is not possible unless you have other diseases. On the contrary By secreting the happiness hormone and something that is good for the brain by reducing stress hormones; don’t be afraid to laugh!

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