Can You Die From a Broken Heart? 

Symptoms of Broken-Heart Syndrome

When you have broken-heart syndrome, part of your heart temporarily enlarges and doesn’t pump as well.

The rest of your heart will either maintain its functionality or have even more forceful contractions.

Due to similarities, broken-heart syndrome could be misdiagnosed as a heart attack.

Symptoms and test results are similar; however, there are no blocked arteries in broken-heart syndrome.

Someone with broken-heart syndrome will experience sudden pain in their chest and shortness of breath.

It can lead to severe, short-term heart muscle failure, but overall it is treatable.

Doctors will treat this with diuretics which improve heart muscle contractions, beta-blockers, or other medications that block the damaging effects of stress hormones on the heart.

Those who suffer from this can expect to recover in full just within a few weeks, and once you have it, your risks of experiencing broken-heart syndrome again are even lower.

Sometimes, life hits you where it hurts and you are so sad, it feels like the world is ending.

Well, cheer up, because it could be the end of you! Although rare, it can, and has happened.

Here we’re going to see how exactly you can die from a broken heart.