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I feel as if i am holding my breath. my heart rate is extremely slow for 5-10 beats then it speeds back up to normal. what causes this?

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Arrhythmia: Heart rate does gets slower and faster with different phases of respiration called sinus arrhythmia, it is not a pathological problem it does gets pronounced with aging, we can say part of aging changes. I do not know your age, so have yourself checked out to make sure you not having any other pathological forms of arrhythmia.

Answered 9/22/2015

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