tachycardia
A fast heart is usually the body responding correctly to something else, and the real question is what that something else is.
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A fast heart is usually the body responding correctly to something else, and the real question is what that something else is.
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Tachypnea is a breathing rate that is abnormally high for a person’s age and clinical circumstances.
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