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Can your heart just simply stop , if you are healthy and have no heart conditions ? i have generalised anxiety. so when i go to sleep, this fear comes
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Logically, no: Logically speaking, one cannot have no heart conditions and have his heart suddenly stop. That is because sudden cessation of heart contractions, without outside influence, is itself an abnormal heart condition. Therefore, if his heart were to suddenly stop by itself, he would have a heart condition, logically speaking.
Answered 9/29/2016
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