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I'm a 44 year old woman and i have been experiencing shortness of breath, racing heart and shortness of breath when i walk up the stairs.
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Many reasons: Please see your doctor. If for example you are on birth control pills, then pulmonary embolism is of concern. Asthma and emphysema can be a cause and if you smoke make if worse. And that is just to start. So please visit your family physician to get to the bottom of this
Answered 3/30/2018
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