hyperventilation syndrome

Hyperventilation syndrome is a remarkably common cause of dizziness complaints.

Hyperventilation syndrome is believed to be caused by psychological factors and by definition has no organic cause.

Stress or anxiety commonly are causes of hyperventilation; this is known as hyperventilation syndrome.

Hyperventilation syndrome can cause respiratory alkalosis and hypocapnia.

Hyperpnea or sensation of difficulty breathing or swallowing (see also hyperventilation syndrome)

If you have recurring symptoms, you might be diagnosed with a condition called hyperventilation syndrome (HVS).

Paresthesias of the hands and feet are common, transient symptoms of the related conditions of hyperventilation syndrome, often open mouth, and panic attacks.

Hyperventilation syndrome - Breathing from the chest may cause overbreathing, exhaling excessive carbon dioxide in relation to the amount of oxygen in one's bloodstream.

If it is due to anxiety as the cause of hyperventilation syndrome, a few days of benzodiazepines and psychological referral for cognitive behavioral therapy may be useful.

Initial symptoms are breathlessness especially after sudden exertion or when exposed to temperature change and can be very similar to asthma, Hyperventilation Syndrome or Pulmonary Embolism.

Tests for vertigo often attempt to elicit nystagmus and to differentiate vertigo from other causes of dizziness such as presyncope, hyperventilation syndrome, disequilibrium, or psychiatric causes of lightheadedness.

Hyperventilation syndrome (HVS; also chronic hyperventilation syndrome or CHVS) is a respiratory disorder, psychologically or physiologically based, involving breathing too deeply or too rapidly (hyperventilation).

However, for others the condition may present in a far more insidious and subtle manner, the constant yawning or sighing, the one deep breath in three, excessive sniffing, each of these may account for the reduced levels of carbon dioxide in the lungs, which over time leads to the 'chronic hyperventilation syndrome'.