Have you watched it in a TV drama——
Someone's breathing became so rapid that they couldn't stop after being emotionally agitated,
Is it a scene where you wrap your mouth in a plastic bag and breathe a few times before calming down?
This condition is called 'respiratory alkalosis'.
Have you ever experienced excessive exercise, anger, emotional breakdown, or crying,
Do you feel numbness in your hands?
This is actually a mild form of 'respiratory alkalosis'.
Hyperventilation syndrome
(Respiratory alkalosis syndrome)
Hyperventilation syndrome (HVS), also known as "respiratory alkalosis syndrome" or "respiratory neurosis," is generally caused by excessive carbon dioxide excretion from the body due to rapid breathing. Excessive carbon dioxide excretion can cause an increase in blood pH, a decrease in arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2), and a relative increase in plasma bicarbonate, leading to secondary respiratory alkalosis and other symptoms in the human body. Simply put, it is due to improper breathing that disrupts the acid-base balance of the blood, leading to alkalosis.
Emo crying and excessive emotional excitement... These seemingly ordinary actions can lead to respiratory alkalosis.
So how should we identify "respiratory alkalosis syndrome" and what should we do if we encounter it?
The usual manifestations of respiratory alkalosis
Respiratory alkalosis syndrome is usually characterized by difficulty breathing, a sense of compression or suffocation in the chest, accompanied by symptoms such as accelerated heartbeat, palpitations, sweating, etc. In severe cases, symptoms such as numbness in the limbs and/or face, as well as discomfort in the head, such as muscle spasms or even rigidity, hand and foot convulsions, headache, dizziness, blurred vision, and even consciousness disorders such as fainting may occur.
The main reasons for respiratory alkalosis in the body are as follows.
Reasons for respiratory alkalosis
(1) Body hypoxia: Long term intense exercise leads to body hypoxia, and the body compensates by increasing respiratory rate, causing excessive carbon dioxide excretion and leading to respiratory alkalosis.
(2) Metabolic acceleration: During high-intensity exercise, the body's metabolic rate increases, leading to an increase in pulmonary blood flow and triggering reflexive hyperventilation.
(3) Psychological factors: high nervous tension or excessive emotional excitement, breathing too deeply or too frequently causing respiratory disorders, leading to hyperventilation.
(4) Improper training: Taking running as an example, some runners may not master the essentials of movements properly during daily training, resulting in insufficient coordination of step frequency, arm swing, and breathing during competitions, or too fast step frequency during sprinting, leading to respiratory muscle fatigue, which can only be compensated through mouth breathing, causing hyperventilation.
During the exercise process, we need to learn to regulate our emotions, pay attention to maintaining a stable exercise rhythm, and adjust our breathing reasonably; At the same time, pay attention to daily routine and diet, avoid staying up late and excessive intake of stimulating drinks containing caffeine.
How to provide emergency treatment for respiratory alkalosis symptoms
When respiratory alkalosis occurs, do not panic and try to use abdominal breathing as much as possible to reduce respiratory rate. If possible, oxygen therapy can be combined to solve the problem of hypoxia in the body, relieve symptoms of hyperventilation, and psychological counseling can be used to regulate tension and stabilize respiratory rate; You can also first cover your mouth and nose with a face mask or kraft paper bag to increase the ineffective space of the respiratory tract, and then slowly and naturally breathe to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide exhaled and increase the concentration of carbon dioxide in your body.
When the body feels better, remove the mask or kraft paper bag; Never be too greedy, otherwise just after curing "respiratory alkalosis", it may lead to "respiratory acidosis".
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