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Is it possible nightmares or upsetting dreams would cause a heart attack while sleeping?

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Dr. Krishna Kumar answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Nightmares effects: Nightmares are vividly realistic, disturbing dreams that wake you from a deep sleep, at times with heart pounding from fear. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), Blood pressure medications c an cause recurrent nightmares Sleep deprivation caused by nightmares, can cause a heart disease It is unlikely that nightmares or upsetting dreams would cause a heart attack while sleeping

Answered 5/28/2016

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Yes: The fear and overwhelming sympamethetic response may induce a heart attack in a patient with CAD. But this not common

Answered 5/27/2015

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