| Ketoacidosis and Respiratory Alkalosis | | | | 6/27/2012 | Phlebotomy |

References www.google.com www.webmd.com www.yahoo.com/healthnewsarticle Respiratory Alkalosis is an acid-base imbalance disorder involving the blood gases. It is a condition marked by low levels of carbon dioxide in the blood due to breathing excessively.
Respiratory Alkalosis also is a medical condition in which increased respiration (hyperventilation) elevates the blood pH (a condition generally called Alkalosis). It’s one of four basic categories of acid-base homeostasis. There are two types of Respiratory Alkalosis. Acute respiratory alkalosis occurs rapidly and chronic respiratory alkalosis is a more long-standing condition. Signs and symptoms for respiratory alkalosis include dizziness, fainting, and numbness of the hands and feet. There are many causes of this disease such as anxiety, fever, and hyperventilation. Also, any lung disease that leads to shortness of breath can also cause respiratory alkalosis. Respiratory Alkalosis causes many possible complications such as severe seizures if the alkalosis is extremely severe but is very rare. The prognosis will happen depending on the conditions that are causing the respiratory alkalosis. Certain treatments are aimed at the condition that causes respiratory alkalosis like breathing in a paper bag or using a mask that causes the patient to re-breathe carbon dioxide can help to reduce symptoms. Also, there are certain types of tests to help detect this disease such as arterial blood gas test, which measures the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, and chest x-rays or pulmonary function test. Ketoacidosis is a metabolic state associated with high concentrations of ketone bodies, formed by breaking down the fatty acids and deamination of the amino acids. Diabetic