Hyperventilation Can Create the Potential for Blood PH to Rise

question 74

Multiple Choice

Hyperventilation can create the potential for blood pH to rise to a harmful level. Why are hyperventilating individuals suffering from panic attacks advised to breathe in and out from within a paper bag?

• A)the bag increases the air pressure, allowing more hydrogen ions to dissolve in the blood
• B)the additional CO₂ combines with water to produce carbonic acid, which, in turn dissociates to bicarbonate and protons, thereby lowering pH
• C)the additional CO₂ combines with water to produce bicarbonate, which, in turn dissociates to carbonic acid and protons, thereby lowering pH
• D)the additional CO₂ combines with water to produce carbonic acid, which, in turn dissociates to bicarbonate and protons, thereby raising pH

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