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How does heart palpitations normally feel like?
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Thumping, extra beat: It has been described as:a thumping, or skipped beats, or extra beats, or fast beats, or a sudden awareness of you heart beating.
Answered 9/5/2012
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Jump: Feel like a sack of worms under your chest and or episodes of jumps at the center of the chest.
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