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Once, i hit a metal thing and it bounced up and hit the bottom of my thumb fairly hard, and im pretty unclear on what happened after. i started sweating and breathing really hard, and i started getting really thirsty. what on earth was all that?
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Too vague to be sure: It appears you had a systemic pain response to the event that included several symptoms. I wouldn't loose any sleep over it.
Answered 9/17/2019
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