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Why do i get heart paliptations (a skipped beat) when swallowing food?

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Palpitation /eating: If you have no structrual abnormality in your throat or esophagus, this may be related to hypersensitive stimulation of your autonomic nerver (vagus nerve) and most likely benign condition.

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Answered 7/25/2013

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