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Actually, when people hyperventilate, they loose carbon dioxide. The old way of treating a person who is hyperventilating is to breathe into a paper bag. This is no longer recommended, unless your doctor tells you to do so. Hyperventilation causes your body to expel too much carbon dioxide and that can change the pH level in the blood and cause metabolic problems. Since hyperventilation is mostly a psychological problem than a physiological problem, the best treatment is to is to stay calm and practice breathing slowly and not too deeply.

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Why does breathing into a paper bag decrease rate of respiration?

B/C people who do this are hyperventilating and expelling too much Carbon Dioxide from their blood. Breathing into a paper bag helps them HYPOventilate to the point where they're calmed. You exhale 17% oxygen, 4% carbon dioxide, 89% nitrogen. The CO2 helps slow the breathing by balancing the right amount of CO2 back into the blood.


How are the oxygen and carbon cycles linked?

All three cycles are found in soil. also, they are very important to every oragnism. the carbon cycle recycles caronatoms and the nitrogen cycle recycles nitrogen, and the oxagen cycle recycles the oxagen. both cycles are found in soil. also, they are very important to every oragnism. the carbon cycle recycles caronatoms and the nitrogen cycle recycles nitrogen.


What gas is more abundant in exhaled air than inhaled air?

Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere ( ~ 80% ) and therefore is the dominant species in both inspired as well as expired air.


Why do people hyperventilate and what are the common causes of this rapid breathing pattern?

People hyperventilate when they breathe too quickly and shallowly, which can lead to an imbalance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the body. Common causes of hyperventilation include anxiety, panic attacks, stress, and certain medical conditions such as asthma or heart problems.


What is sent out of the body every time you exhale?

When you exhale, you actually release oxygen, nitrogen and other gasses. But most of all you release more carbon dioxide. People often think that the lungs must be full of carbon dioxide but they are not. The percentage of gas in the lungs that is highest is nitrogen. It isn't used by your body but is important in keeping your lungs inflated. But all-in-all, you exhale more carbon dioxide than you inhale.

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What gas do people breathee in and what do they breathe out?

People breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. Oxygen is necessary for cellular respiration and provides energy to the body, while carbon dioxide is a waste product of this process that is expelled from the body.


What do people breathe in when they inhale?

Carbon Dioxide?


What kind of gas do people breathe out?

Carbon dioxide


What do people and animals breathe plus carbon dioxide?

Oxygen


What are the things that people breathe out their lungs?

People breath carbon dioxide out of their lungs


What do people breathe in from plants?

Oxygen - we give plant carbon dioxide


What gas do people breathe out?

Humans breathe in oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Plants take in this carbon dioxide along with sunlight and water, and convert it into a form of energy. They release oxygen.Carbon dioxide CO2


What do people breathe in and out?

People breathe in oxygen, which is essential for their cells to produce energy. They breathe out carbon dioxide, a waste product created by the body's metabolism.


The source of carbon dioxide for photosynesis is?

The air - what people and animals breathe out etc


Does the level of carbon dioxide rise or fall in a room over time?

The level of carbon dioxide typically rises in a room over time as people exhale carbon dioxide as they breathe.


What gas do people breath in and what do they breath out?

People breathe in oxygen, which is essential for our body to function properly. They breathe out carbon dioxide, which is a waste product generated by the body's cells during the process of converting nutrients into energy.


Could people breathe carbon dioxide?

No, humans cannot breathe carbon dioxide. Breathing in high concentrations of carbon dioxide can be harmful and even fatal, as it can displace oxygen in the body. Oxygen is essential for human respiration.