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My heart started beating fast & my chest began to hurt my breathing was fast and i threw up i started feeling really scared why did this happen?

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Heart racing: This may be cardiac in nature or secondary to anxiety, panic attack. If it happens again I recommend you have a workup with your primary care physician with and EKG

Dr Seibert agreed

Answered 1/3/2016

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