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Sitting watching tv and felt light headed shacking pounding heart excess sweating noushous this has happened 2 times in 2 days at diff times?

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Arrythmias: You might be having episodic rapid heart beat and its effects (cardiac tachy arrythmias). You need to see a cardiologist and get an ekg, holter monitor and/or event monitor to record arrythmias.

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Answered 1/26/2014

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