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How to check my heartbeat and pulse rate at home without any instrument? i'm afraid of heart attack. i have tenderness and soreness at particular points in my chest . the pain comes and goes and if toughed it feels sore?
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If you place your outstretched fingers over the space between your windpipe and jaw you should easily feel your pulse/heartbeat. You won't have a heart attach at your age unless you have the rapid aging disease progeria.
Answered 6/5/2023
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