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Is hyperventilation dangerous

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Yes, it can be dangerous, most people think that hyperventilation is due to getting little oxygen, but its not, hyperventilation is caused by having to much oxygen, that is why when putting a paper bag over your mouth helps, because you are breathing back in all the carbon dioxide that you exhaled, and this helps to balance out the oxygen. Hyperventilation can cause you to pass out.

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