Hypocamnia - Low Co2

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Definition of Low CO2 (hypocapnia)

• Hypocapnia (hypocapnea, also known as hypocarbia)
  is defined as a deficiency of carbon dioxide in
  the arterial blood. This is a major respiratory
  symptom. Most medical sources define hypocapnia
  as less than 35 mm Hg for partial CO2 pressure in
  the arterial blood. The arterial CO2 value for
  normal breathing at rest is 40 mm Hg (or about
  5.3 CO2 partial pressure at sea level).
• Another term alveolar hypocapnia describes low
  CO2 levels in the alveoli of the lungs. Severe
  alveolar hypocapnia generally leads to arterial
  hypocapnia, which causes respiratory alkalosis.
  (People with lung conditions often have arterial
  hypercapnia (elevated CO2) caused by alveolar
  hypocapnia since alveolar hypocapnia immediately
  causes bronchospasm.) These studies (see the
  Table below) show that alveolar hypocapnia is
  very common for many chronic diseases. Most of
  these patients (with heart disease, diabetes,
  cancer, and so forth) have arterial hypocarbia as
  well. Furthermore, this Table also identifies the
  cause of hypocapnia.

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What causes hypocapnia

• Hypocarbia is caused by chronic hyperventilation
  (or an automatic deep breathing pattern) leading
  to alveolar hypocapnia (lack of CO2), and if
  there is no ventilation-perfusion mismatch, to
  arterial CO2 deficiency. Normal breathing is
  imperceptible or unperceivable since it is small
  and light (10-12 breaths/min, 500 ml for tidal
  volume, and 6 L/min for minute ventilation at
  rest for a 70-kg person). In contrast,
  hypercapnic patients and even most normal
  subjects breathe over 10 L/min and have over 18
  breaths/min for respiratory frequency.
• Among lifestyle factors that cause
  hyperventilation and hypocarbia are physical
  exercise with mouth breathing, meals (eating and
  especially overeating), stress, anxiety,
  overheating, attempts to breathe deeply, deep
  breathing exercises (except slow ones, like
  Pranayama), supine sleep and being in the
  horizontal position, poor posture and many other
  factors (see Causes of Hyperventilation web
  page).

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Respiratory and other symptoms of hypocarbia

• Since hypocapnia is based on chronic
  hyperventilation, its symptoms are the same as
  the symptoms of hyperventilation. They are very
  wide and range from chronic coughing and nasal
  congestion to constipation, coughing and muscle
  cramps. Among other common symptoms of hypocapnia
  are bronchospasm, cold extremities, mouth
  breathing, exacerbations of asthma, angina pain,
  and many others.
• The key pathological effect of both, alveolar and
  arterial hypocapnia is reduced levels of oxygen
  in body cells (tissue hypoxia), This promotes
  virtually all chronic diseases. These and other
  physiological effects associated with low CO2 and
  low oxygen levels in body cells, with numerous
  medical studies, are provided below (in
  CO2-related links). More information about
  symptoms of hypocapnia can be found
  here symptoms of hyperventilation.

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Severe hypocarbia the most common cause/factor
of mortality in the severely sick

• The majority of terminally sick people die in
  conditions of severe hypocapnia due to heavy and
  fast breathing. Separate web pages of this site
  have numerous studies that show that terminally
  sick patients with cancer, cystic fibrosis, HIV,
  and other conditions have up to 30-40 breaths per
  minute or more at rest.
• Respiratory alkalosis, the result of heavy
  breathing in the sick, is the most common
  acid-base abnormality observed in patients who
  are critically ill. It is common for those with
  numerous diseases, including cancer,
  cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV-AIDS,
  asthma, COPD, and many other conditions.
• This YouTube Video explains the details and
  provides many quotes from medical studies
   Hypocapnia, Respiratory Alkalosis Key Causes
  of Deaths in the Most Sick.
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Treatment of hypocapnia

• Since hypocapnia is based on overbreathing,
  successful treatment of hypocarbia is based on
  addressing the cause chronic hyperventilation.
  Therefore, treatment of hypocapnia is the same
  as treatment of hyperventilation.
• Note that based on impressive clinical evidence
  (CO 2 measurements in thousands of healthy and
  sick people), leading Soviet physiologist Dr. KP
  Buteyko and about 150 medical doctors (Buteyko
  breathing practitioners) suggested a different
  definition of hypocapnia. These doctors tested
  nearly a half million people and found that great
  health (with a lot of energy, craving for
  physical exercise, joy of eating raw foods,
  naturally short sleep of no more than 4.5 hours
  and other amazing effects) is possible when
  people have even more carbon dioxide in alveoli
  of the lungs and arterial blood. Find out this
  number in your bonus content right below here.
• Go to Hyperventilation Symptoms

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