What is this condition?
Respiratory alkalosis is a state in which the partial pressure of carbon dioxide of less than 35 mm is reduced, which is due to alveolar hyperventilation. Unconstrained respirable alkalosis results in a reduction in hydrogen ion concentration, which causes an increase in blood pH. Hypnosis (reduction of carbon dioxide in the blood) occurs when removal of carbon dioxide by the lung exceeds intracellular carbon dioxide production.
What is the cause?
Causes of respiratory alkalosis are divided into two categories:
Lung: pneumonia, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary vascular disease and acute asthma
Non-cardiac: anxiety, fever, aspirin toxicity, metabolic acidosis, central nervous system disease (inflammation or tumor), sepsis, liver failure and pregnancy.
What is the symptom?
The fundamental sign of respiratory alkalosis is deep rapid breathing and it is possible to breathe more than 40 times per minute. This hyperventilation usually leads to mild headaches and dizziness, agitation, numbness, mouth, wrists and leg cramps, convulsions, and debility. Severe respiratory alkalosis can cause irregular heart beats, seizures, or both.
How is it diagnosed?
This condition is diagnosed by arterial blood gas analysis measuring levels of oxygen, carbon dioxide, and other gases in the blood.
How is it treated?
Treatment is designed to eradicate fundamental conditions such as removal of treated toxins, treatment of fever, and treatment of central nervous system disorders. In some respiratory alkalosis, a person may be instructed to inhale into a paper bag, it helps to ease acute anxiety and increase the level of carbon dioxide.
How is it diagnosed?
A typical clinical feature with appropriate examination data and X-ray findings suggests sarcoidosis. Positive Kveim-Siltzbach skin test supports diagnosis. In this study, injections of antigens prepared from the spleen or lymph node tissues of sarcoidosis people are undertaken. If a person has active sarcoidosis, granulomas develop in the injection site in 2 to 6 weeks. This reaction is considered positive if removal and analysis of skin tissue at the injection site shows distinct epithelial cell granulomas.
Other related diagnostic tests include:
Chest x-ray
Removal and analysis of lymph node, skin, or lung tissue
Pulmonary function test
o Blood test and arterial blood gas test.
Mycobacterium and fungal negative tuberculin skin tests, fungal serology and sputum cultures and negative biopsy cultures are useful for eliminating infection.
