Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxide the body produces. This disrupts the body's acid-base balance causing body fluids, especially the blood, to become too acidic.
Alternative NamesVentilatory failure; Respiratory failure; Acidosis - respiratory
Causes, incidence, and risk factorsCauses of respiratory acidosis include:
Chronic respiratory acidosis occurs over a long period of time. This leads to a stable situation, because the kidneys increase body chemicals, such as bicarbonate, that help restore the body's acid-base balance.
Acute respiratory acidosis is a severe condition in which carbon dioxide builds up very quickly and before the kidneys can return the body to a state of balance.
SymptomsSymptoms may include:
Treatment is aimed at the underlying lung disease, and may include:
How well you do depends on the disease causing the respiratory acidosis.
ComplicationsSevere respiratory acidosis is a medical emergency. Seek immediate medical help if you have symptoms of this condition.
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of lung disease.
PreventionDo not smoke. Smoking leads to the development of many severe lung diseases that can cause respiratory acidosis.
Losing weight may help prevent respiratory acidosis due to obesity (obesity-hypoventilation syndrome).
Be careful about taking sedating medicines, and never combine these medicines with alcohol.
ReferencesSeifter, JL. Acid base disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier. 2007: chap 119.
Respiratory acidosis is a condition that occurs when the lungs cannot remove all of the carbon dioxide the body produces. This causes body fluids, especially the blood, to become too acidic.
Alternative NamesVentilatory failure; Respiratory failure; Acidosis - respiratory
Causes, incidence, and risk factorsCauses of respiratory acidosis include:
Chronic respiratory acidosis occurs over a long period of time. This leads to a stable situation, because the kidneys increase body chemicals, such as bicarbonate, that help restore the body's acid-base balance.
Acute respiratory acidosis is a condition in which carbon dioxide builds up very quickly and before the kidneys can return the body to a state of balance.
SymptomsSymptoms may include:
The health care provider will perform a physical exam. Tests that may be done include:
Treatment is aimed at the underlying disease, and may include:
How well you do depends on the disease causing the respiratory acidosis.
ComplicationsSevere respiratory acidosis is a medical emergency. Seek immediate medical help if you have symptoms of this condition.
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of lung disease.
PreventionDo not smoke. Smoking leads to the development of many severe lung diseases that can cause respiratory acidosis.
Losing weight may help prevent respiratory acidosis due to obesity (obesity-hypoventilation syndrome).
Be careful about taking sedating medicines, and never combine these medicines with alcohol.
ReferencesSeifter JL. Acid-base disorders. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 120.
Reviewed ByReview Date: 08/16/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
If the underlying condition that caused the respiratory acidosis is treated and corrected, there may be no long term effects.
The medical application of acidosis is to rectify the the pH of the blood. There are two main type of acidosis which are respiratory and metabolic acidosis.
Usually, this acidity is caused by metabolism or respiration. Then it is called " respiratory acidosis" or "non-respiratory acidosis" (metabolic acidosis). These conditions might cause acidemia.
There are multiple issues that can lead to respiratory acidosis, but respiratory acidosis is defined as when the lungs cannot eliminate CO2, which leads to buildup of carbonic acid (traditionally broken down into CO2 and Water in the lungs).
No. If you breathe too fast, you will blow off too much carbon dioxide, and cause respiratory alkalosis, wich is the opposite of respiratory acidosis,
Acidosis is high levels of acidity in the blood and other body tissue, occuring when the arterial pH falls below 7.35. The two types of acidosis are metabolic acidosis and respiratory acidosis.
respiratory alkalosis would cause metabolic acidosis
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Respiratory acidosis is caused by any condition that interferes with the ability of the lungs to exchange gases, specifically to remove carbon dioxide from blood. And there is an elevated carbon dioxide level in blood with acidosis.
respiratory acidosis is a metobolic imbalance caused by internal factors....factors inside the body. not an environment factors such as global warming. Angie RN