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What Causes Dizziness And Heart Rate Decrease After Smoking Cigarettes?
I was smoking some cigaretes and I ve been feeling funny ever since it started with dizzness and fuuny/ hard time walking and shaking on and off it is starting to slow down but I feel like I need to abrf heart rate per minute I counted 62 what does this mean??? Coud I be having a reaction to the nicotine? Shortness of breath is occuring as well
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well.... mostly the nicotine. It has a direct effect of increasing the heart rate. Also, several other effects indirectly increase the heart rate:
1) more lung stimulation. sometimes lower oxygen, or asthma, or other lung irritation.
2) causes the circulation to clamp up
1) more lung stimulation. sometimes lower oxygen, or asthma, or other lung irritation.
2) causes the circulation to clamp up
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