Hyperventilation By Taylor Larson What is it Hyperventilation

Hyperventilation By Taylor Larson

What is it? § Hyperventilation occurs when you are experiencing emotional stress fright or pain and your breathing rate and depth increase which causes your carbon dioxide levels in your blood to drop below normal.

What are the symptoms of hyperventilation § § § § § Headache Decreased reaction time Impaired judgment Euphoria Visual impairment Drowsiness Lightheaded or dizzy sensation Tingling in fingers and toes Numbness Pale clammy appearance and Muscle spasms compared to the cyanosis and limp muscles associated with hypoxia

How to prevent hyperventilation § The way to overcome the symptoms or avoid the occurrence of hyperventilation by slowing the breathing rate breathing into a bag or talking aloud

How to treat hyperventilation § Restoring the proper carbon dioxide levels in the body by breathing normally which is the both best in prevention and cure for hyperventilation also you can treat it the same way as you prevent it by breathing into a paper bag and talk aloud, recovery is usually rapid once the breathing rate is returned to normal

Questions and answers

What is hyperventilation? § Hyperventilation occurs when you are experiencing emotional stress fright or pain and your breathing rate and depth increase which causes your carbon dioxide levels in your blood to drop below normal.

Name three ways to prevent hyperventilation? § take deep slow breaths, breath into a bag or talk aloud

How do you treat hyperventilation? § The same as how to prevent it.