Healthy life with heart stopped beating

Mr. Nikolai Mikhalnichuk, a resident of Saratov city, Russia is still living a healthy life even though his heart has been "asleep" for over ten years. This seemingly unique story in science fiction has been attracting the attention of the scientific community to understand the strange possibilities in the human body.

Where is rare

Because Lydia's wife said she wanted a divorce, she was so shocked that Nikolai suddenly had a heart attack and had to go to emergency. When the doctor examined the electrocardiogram, they were surprised to find that Nikolai's patient's heart had stopped beating, while blood was still being carried to the heart and other organs. According to the medical concept, the heart is an important part of the animal's circulatory system (including humans), with a regular 'pumping' function to push blood to the arteries and bring oxygen and nutrients. nourishment to the whole body; sucking blood from the vein to the heart then pushing blood to the lungs to exchange CO ₂ for O ₂ . Such a normal person with a healthy heart is like that. If a person's heart does not follow the above rules, it means that people will immediately end their lives, unless there is timely support of medical measures. But Nikolai's case is the opposite and survival is extraordinary. Tests continued to show that Nikolai's heart had in fact been inactive for a long time. Through investigation and Nikolai's autobiography, during that time, he was still in normal health, without any abnormal expression.

Professor Vitali Levitski, of the Russian National Heart Center, a doctor who directly took X-rays, cut the patient Nikolai's remembrance, recalling: 'I cannot express my feelings at that time. When we look deep into Nikolai's chest, we feel a sense of fragility while trying to find the 'thing' that has helped Nikolai maintain his life. '

Professor Vitali Levitski said Nikolai Mikhalnichuk's case is the third person in the world to live a normal healthy life with a heart that stops beating. Two others, one in Japan and one in Brazil. The medical community once recorded the case of the boy Paul Eicke who returned to life after more than 3 hours of heart beating. He had fallen into a water tank at his grandparents' house for several minutes, before he saw and pulled him up. Immediately, his grandfather acted to support the heart and breathed breath while waiting for the helicopter to arrive (about 10 minutes). The emergency doctors received Paul and the flight took another 10 minutes to reach the hospital. The doctor tried to heal Paul for hours later. They only stopped after 3 hours and 18 minutes after the baby was taken to the hospital, and Paul's heart started beating actively.

What is living without a heart?

Immediately after reading the doctor's test results, Nikolai was completely surprised, he did not even believe and asked to do the tests again and again. The result is still one: His heart stopped beating. ' When the doctors told me about my heart, I was shocked. I thought that blood would stop flowing in my body, and then I would die. But after a while, I got used to it and sometimes even forgot about it , 'Nikolai said.

Since knowing his heart was no longer beating, Nikolai practiced getting used to the life of the "heartless" . 'It's amazing, so far, everyone thinks that the heart maintains life and if the heart is damaged, life will end. But not for me. All activities are still normal, like a person with a full range of other healthy internal organs. For me, there is no concept of 'death' = cardiac arrest. My daily life is a testament , 'he said honestly. In fact, Nikolai can still live as healthy as an ordinary person for many years. He still lives, works normally. Only he will not be able to play some sports that require high movement, and all other activities, including moderately sexual activity are possible. Currently, to be safer once a month, he went to the heart hospital for a medical examination, although his heart seemed to be dead. It is worth mentioning here that, although there was no heart, he was still alive and well while Nikolai did not seek any help or support from medical measures.

Statistics from the World Health Organization show that about 5% of the population only lives with 1 kidney, 3.3% have one lung and 1.9% have no stomach. About 0.3% of men are born without testicles. However, according to scientists, these defects can only affect aesthetically, not causing much impact on health. They can still have children and have a life of gratitude. Evidence is the case of Anna, a 27-year-old Russian woman who is still pregnant and gives birth, although two years ago she had to undergo caesarean section surgery. The strange thing is that the fetus grows normally in the abdominal cavity and Anna gives birth through surgery.

In such special cases, is their body being controlled by any other system that we do not know (?).