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No, your heart does not skip a beat when you sneeze. A sneeze is a very forceful expulsion of air out of your lungs through the nose. When feel something in your nose (a piece of dust, a rogue booger) your body naturally wants to get it out so your brain send a message to your lungs that you need to sneeze. In order to create a sneeze your body has to create enough pressure to properly push the object out. Your body begins with a quick intake of air, trapping it in the lungs by tightening your chest muscles. You also close your eyes and place your tongue to the roof of you mouth to help build this pressure. You then release the pressure by relaxing your chest muscles and tightening your diaphragm at the same time. Then, Boom! Air and snot and whatever else was up there comes flying out your nose about as a fast as a pitcher can throw a baseball. This exchange of air and pressure causes a minor hiccup in the exchange of oxygen in your blood, causing your heart to give an extra hard ‘pump’ before your take another breath and equal everything out. This ‘extra’ beat is far more noticeable than your normal heart rate. The forceful pump and pressure in the chest causes many people to think their heart is restarting or ‘skipping a beat’. In reality you’re just regulating yourself.
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