masturbating caused otherwise fit man's heart artery to tear open  masturbation triggered a potentially deadly heart complication in a 59-year-old man, leaving doctors concerned and baffled.  according to medics who treated the new yorker, the self-pleasure session caused a tear in his aorta  the artery that carries blood from the heart to the body. such events are considered a medical emergency that kill up to a third of people who are unlucky enough to suffer one.  unusually, the man suffered no chest pain, shortness of breath, loss of consciousness or nausea as would be expected.  instead, shortly after masturbating he 'experienced lightheadedness, a tingling sensation to both hands, and jaw tightness,' a medical report on the case explains. concerningly, the man had been on a three-mile job the day before  suggesting that he was physically fit prior to the event. the report, published in the journal clinic and experimental emergency medicine, continues that after suffering the vague symptoms 'he decided to lie down and experienced an episode of urinary incontinence'. it was at this point that he called an ambulance.   article-13933649/masturbating-cause d-fit-mans-heart-artery-tear-open-w arning-signs-worryingly-vague.html
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