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Randomly my heart starts racin, the air around me seems thinner, i begin to have trouble breathin, & feel claustrophobic is it panic attacks if so why
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Panic attacks: Panic attacks are psychologic reactions which can have symptoms which mimic those of heart attack. A real heart attack is caused by a heart blood vessel blocking off and damaging a part of the heart. Heart attack can be fatal. Panic attack usually isn't fatal but can be psychologically incapacitating.
Answered 12/19/2014
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