Medical Health Care Advices

If this is the first time this happens, we must see a doctor to detect whether due to physical illness is the result of anxiety.

To increase the amount of CO2 in the lungs, it must ensure that the breathing becomes regular and rapid, breathing slowly and in a less superficial. You can breathe through pursed lips, or cover your mouth and one nostril, breathing through left uncovered. Also do any relaxing activity.

If the doctor feels that hyperventilation is anxiety, stress or panic, can be raised, in their own homes, the levels of carbon dioxide in the blood, which will end most of the symptoms.

There are several ways to relax your breathing:

1. where possible, have a family member or friend to forward peace;
2. take in less oxygen through pursed lips, covering her mouth and one nostril;
3. in situations of anxiety or panic, is needed psychological or psychiatric care;
4. it is advisable to learn breathing exercises that help you relax and breathe from your diaphragm and abdomen, rather than from the chest wall;
5. contribute relaxation techniques regularly, such as progressive muscle relaxation or meditation, while exercising regularly.

If these methods do not prevent you hyperventilate, the doctor may recommend a beta blocker medication.

When to call

• If you breathe rapidly for the first time.
• Presence of pain, fever or bleeding.
• When hyperventilation continues or gets worse even with home treatment.
• If other symptoms descompensatorios.