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What could happen when plasma catacholamine levels are abnormal?
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Adrenaline rush: Everyone gets an adrenaline rush occasionally: stress, fear, near miss on the road with palpitations, sweating, maybe headache. Chronic stress can cause chronically elevated catechols, which makes you nervous, uncomfortable, blood pressure, and stresses your heart. There are tumors caused pheochromocytomas that do this, but they are very rare. Talk to your doctor about what may be causing this.
Answered 4/13/2014
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