A heart transplant is an operation that still raises many questions. It is known that many patients who underwent this operation can live 10 years or more if they continue to perform all the necessary procedures and take the necessary medications for life. Sometimes there is a terrible - acute rejection of the transplanted organ by the body. But how do people with an “alien” heart feel? Several amazing stories are known.
So, the nkj.ru portal talked about a patient from the United States, Debbie V., who adopted the habits of her donor immediately after she regained consciousness after the operation. When she woke up, she told the nurse that she really wanted a can of beer, although she usually did not drink any alcohol.
In addition, a few months after the operation, Debbie, who hated fast food, suddenly wanted him badly and went to a fast food restaurant to buy chicken. Later, she noticed changes in musical tastes - if before she loved the classics, then in her new life she began to appeal to rap. As it turned out, her donor was 18-year-old Howie, who crashed on a motorcycle. In his pocket was a bag of his favorite food, chicken fried in batter. He loved beer and rap.
An unnamed patient from Austria was completely convinced that after a heart transplant she became a completely different person. She had the feeling that she was sharing her body with someone else. This feeling passed after a few months.
American cardiologist Paul Pearsall interviewed more than a hundred patients and found that more than 10 percent are sure that they have adopted at least two habits of the donor. The 47-year-old worker who has received the heart of a violinist suddenly fell in love with classical music. And the guy who had a drowned man's heart transplanted suddenly became very afraid of reservoirs.
American Katherine Beckman after surgery for no reason began to feel back pain. As it became known, her donor died in an accident and his back was badly injured.
A resident of Kazan, Vadim Mironov, whose story was told by the newspaper "KP", said that after the operation he suddenly said: "Guys, I'm a tanker!" Although he himself worked as a helicopter pilot. He got the feeling that his work was related to tanks, he even named terms. In addition, the man, who has always been indifferent to music and dancing, fell in love with lezginka. He is also sure that the operation made him more active in his sex life - according to him, even his wife was surprised.
Marat Gaynanov from Tatarstan fell in love with other products - he pounced on meat, and also quit smoking. In addition, he lost interest in drawing and writing poetry, but his memory improved. The guy used to be amorous, but after the operation he turned into a monogamous person.
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Roman and Anton Butorev from the Bashkir city of Salavat are twins, and both needed a donor heart. The first to receive it was Roman, who suddenly burst into tears shortly after the operation:
"Mom, I had a vision, my brother shouldn't have the operation for exactly two years, otherwise he will die!"
He was sure that with a heart transplant he received the gift of clairvoyance.
Marina Safonova from Moscow and Yevgeny Sverkunov from Khakassia were roommates and received the hearts of brothers who had crashed in an accident. Since then, they feel some kind of connection with each other and continue to communicate.
Andrei Khryukin from Irkutsk after a heart transplant from a "botanist" turned into an athlete and began to compose melodies. And the patient Yuri Ruda became calm and patient, fell in love with flowers.
People believe that with a heart transplant they can get new qualities. In Germany, a survey was conducted, and every third patient in need of transplantation admitted that he would not like to receive an organ from a criminal or a suicide. And half of the respondents would not like to receive an animal organ.
Thoughts, feelings, fears and dreams, according to his hypothesis, can be transmitted from the brain to the cells of the heart and there deposited in the cellular memory, and then go to the brain of the person to whom the heart was transplanted. The existence of cellular memory, however, also still needs proof.
It is not scientifically proven to obtain habits from a donor - it is possible that the matter may simply be in psychology.
