{"id":3145,"date":"2011-10-21T10:41:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/?p=3145"},"modified":"2011-10-21T10:44:38","modified_gmt":"2011-10-21T17:44:38","slug":"chronic-hyperventilation-have-you-got-it-what-is-it-and-how-do-you-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.functionalps.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/21\/chronic-hyperventilation-have-you-got-it-what-is-it-and-how-do-you-fix-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronic hyperventilation; have you got it, what is it, and how do you fix it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dr Janet Winter, Posted on July 28, 2011<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n

The consequences of chronic hyperventilation or over breathing can be many;\u00a0 tired muscles, headaches, anxiety, poor sleep, fatigue, allergies, cold hands, breathlessness, stuffed nose, IBS\u2026. The list goes on.<\/p>\n

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One definition of hyperventilation is breathing more than your body requires, so if you are sitting, but breathing as if you were running, that is hyperventilation.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not a problem is it? The more oxygen the better, no? Unfortunately not. There is nearly 10 times more oxygen than we need in the air we breathe, so it is really easy to get enough into our blood and get 98% saturation of haemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that transports oxygen.<\/p>\n

The problem comes when we flush out too much carbon dioxide by breathing too much; it\u2019s not just a waste gas, but we need high amounts in our tissues, and\u00a0 as there is very little in the air we breathe, we can\u00a0 flush it out by breathing too much. (And we don\u2019t get much more oxygen for our trouble, as you can\u2019t get more than 100%!) In fact another definition of hyperventilation is by measuring blood gases and finding an abnormally low amount of carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n

Well why do we need that carbon dioxide? Imagine that you have lots of oxygen in your blood stream. The blood supplies all the body tissues with this oxygen, but there has to be a mechanism to release that oxygen in the right amount, in the correct place, i.e in the tissues that need it most \u2013 the ones doing most work.\u00a0 And what do the hard working tissues release? Carbon dioxide. Yes it is carbon dioxide that is the signal from those hard working muscles etc that more oxygen is needed.\u00a0 So the high amounts of carbon dioxide in active tissues, trigger oxygen release from haemoglobin on red blood cells, and drive it out of the bloodstream to where it is required.<\/p>\n

The problems arise when too much carbon dioxide is flushed from the system, and oxygen cannot be released efficiently from the bloodstream to the tissues that need it.\u00a0 So THE MORE YOU BREATHE THE LESS OXYGEN YOU GET!\u00a0 This is a very well documented effect, the Bohr effect.<\/p>\n

So hyperventilation: tired muscles, headaches, anxiety, poor sleep, fatigue, allergies, cold hands, breathlessness, stuffed nose, IBS\u2026.\u00a0\u00a0 Do you recognise any of them?<\/p>\n

The news doesn\u2019t get any better, as this chronic hyperventilation is also known as hidden hyperventilation, and is unlikely to be recognised by your GP. Over the years you may collect more symptoms, with increased severity.<\/p>\n

But the good news is that once you recognise it, you can put right this hyperventilation, and gently correct your breathing, often watching your troublesome symptoms dissolve away as you do.<\/p>\n

This is what a Buteyko practitioner can help you with.<\/p>\n

Find out more at www.BreathingRemedies.co.uk<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/blog.naturaltherapyforall.com\/2011\/07\/28\/chronic-hyperventilation-have-you-got-it-what-is-it-and-how-do-you-fix-it\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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