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| Jul 5, 2011 at 18:15 | comment | added | John Alexiou | Also from the same article "Stimulating its baroreceptors with low palpitation can provoke severe bradycardia or even stop the heart in some sensitive persons." | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 18:12 | comment | added | John Alexiou | It sounds scary but it is not really. For one, my doctor told me that a restriction in the Vasovagal nerve (near the Carotid artery) such as wearing neck ties. It is obvious why from this diagram (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carotid_artery) | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 15:35 | comment | added | Oddthinking♦ | First, my sympathies; sounds like a scary thing to live with. Do you have any references to support your claim that neck ties aggravate the fainting? (Also, do you know whether it increases fainting risk to people without the condition?) | |
| Jul 5, 2011 at 15:10 | history | answered | John Alexiou | CC BY-SA 3.0 |