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When i get tens or exited my body starts shivring and heart starts pumping fast y is it so ?

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Excitement: What you are experiencing is the catecholamine effect on the body caused by the excitement or stress. The body secretes the hormones and you are feeling their effects.

Dr Rosenfeld agreed

Answered 3/26/2013

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