Causes For Respiratory Acidosis
Health Encyclopedia: Respiratory Acidosis
Ventilatory failure; Respiratory failure; Acidosis - respiratory
Treatment
Treatment is aimed at the underlying lung disease, and may include:
- Methods to stop smoking (this is extremely important)
- Bronchodilator drugs to reversesome airway obstruction
- Oxygen if the blood oxygen level is low
- Non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation or mechanical ventilation if the respiratory acidosis is severe
Support Groups
Expectations...
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Health Guide
Respiratory acidosis
Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxideproduced by the body. This creates a disruption in the body's acid-base... Read more »Acidosis
Prevention Prevention or treatment of the underlying causes may prevent some cases of acidosis. Read more »Respiratory acidosis
...Symptoms Symptoms may include shortness of breath, easy fatigue, chronic cough, or wheezing. When respiratory acidosis becomes severe, confusion, irritability, or lethargy may occur. ... Read more »Acidosis
...an accumulation of acid or a significant loss of bicarbonate. The major categories of acidosis are respiratory acidosis and metabolic acidosis. The human body is programmed to correct for either... Read more »Respiratory acidosis
...Prevention Do not smoke. Smoking leads to thedevelopment of many severe lung diseases that can lead to respiratory acidosis. Losing weight may help prevent obesity hypoventilation syndrome.... Read more »Images
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