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This is known as an acidosis, which can either be respiratory (conditions such as COPD, emphysema/bronchitis, restrictive ventilation defects, pulmonary fibrosis etc) that prevent carbon dioxide leaving the body, or metabolic (exercise, aspirin overdose, lactic acid production due to sepsis etc).

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