Obesity Hyperventilation Syndrome
Hyperventilation is rapid or deep breathing that can occur with anxiety or panic. It is also called overbreathing, and may leave you feeling breathless.
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Alternative Names
Rapid deep breathing; Breathing - rapid and deep; Overbreathing; Fast deep breathing; Respiratory rate - rapid and deep
Considerations
When you breathe, you inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Excessive breathing leads to low levels of carbon dioxide in your blood. This causes many...
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Rapid deep breathing (hyperventilation)
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Hyperventilation
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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