RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS: CAUSES, SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT - RESPIRATORY DISEASES

What is Respiratory Alkalosis and What Causes



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Respiratory alkalosis is characterized by the lack of carbon dioxide in the blood, also known as CO2, causing it to become less acid than normal, with a pH above 7.45. This lack of carbon dioxide can be caused by a number of factors, such as by breathing faster and deeper than normal, which can arise in periods of anxiety, stress, psychological changes, or also due to a disease that causes a breath such as infections, neurological disorders, pulmonary or cardiac diseases, for example