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How Do Drugs Affect Your Respiratory System?
Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxide the body produces. This disrupts the body's acid-base balance causing body fluids, especially the blood, to become too acidic.
Alternative Names
Ventilatory failure; Respiratory failure; Acidosis - respiratory
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Causes of respiratory acidosis include:
- Diseases of the airways (such as
asthma andchronic obstructive lung disease ),...
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