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What to do if heart palpitations, lightheadedness, etc?

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Get a monitor: The first thing is to diagnose the cause of the palpitaitons and make sure there is nothing seriously wrong. A monitor will help with this.

Dr Schneider agreed

Answered 2/2/2015

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