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What Causes Lightheaded And Weak After Swim Race?

My resting heart rate is 120 bpm. I'm 16 years old and 152 lbs. And I'm in good shape. My heart rate has been like this for a few weeks. It didnt effect me til recently. I got out of the pool after a swim race (100m freestyle) which is a relatively easy race, then i suddenly felt excessively lightheaded and weak. Light became slightly overexposed and i felt as if i was going to pass out. Then my heart rate stayed extremely high (same as the moment i got out of the pool) for about and hour then it slowly came down. I tried drinking lots of water but it actually made things a bit worse. It felt like my brain wasn't getting enough oxygen and it was hard to breath. any ideas of whats going on?
Fri, 1 Aug 2014
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