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I Get Mini Heart Attacks, What Could I Do To Stop Those ?
OK.im 14 and when i go exercise(jogging or other vigorous activity), sometimes in every week or so, i get what feels like a heart attack . just to be sure its a heart attack, i get very lightheaded, i feel like im breathing in a plastic bag and no breath is helping, and my heart is POUNDING really fast and i feel it in my head. there was this one time when that same thing happened, only i think that it somehow stopped because my heart slowed down by A LOT and i felt like i could breathe again. so...... 1. if these are heart attacks, what could i do to stop them? -or- 2. if there not heart attacks, what are they and what could I do to stop those ?
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It sounds like you are just out of shape. Your heart needs more exercise but you should slow down the pace and exercise for longer periods of time. If you would run for 20 minutes, change your plan by walking fast for an hour every day instead.
Much is to be gained by longer periods of moderate exertion exercise.
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