Broken Heart Cure

Broken Heart Syndrome: How Emotional Trauma Can Hurt Your Physical Heart You've seen it in movies or in the news: lovers married for decades die within a few days of each other. People call it 'broken heart syndrome' and it's genuine. Losing a loved one can be emotionally devastating. It's rare, but sometimes an overwhelming loss can affect physical health, including the heart. Fortunately, doctors can handle most cases if you know what to look for. The Heart Responds Broken heart disease, such as tightness in the chest and breathlessness, may act as a heart attack. But it is not. The problem happens when mental distress leads to sudden weakness in the heart muscle. Doctors call it 'stress-induced cardiomyopathy' or 'takotsubo myopathy'. The heart has its mysteries, including the reason that it can suddenly grow weak due to physical or emotional stress. It may be that a flood of stress hormone adrenaline is too much to handle. One t...