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At first, I thought there was something wrong with my heart. The palpitations were so intense that I nearly passed out a couple of times. After a thorough check-up, a cardiologist confirmed that my heart was indeed racing, but tests showed there was nothing much wrong with it.

And then it occurred to me that just after the palpitations, I got hot, very hot. I am a woman in

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