What Causes Low Carbon Dioxide Level In Blood?
It can be due to repiratory alkalosis or compensation to metaabolic acidsos
Detailed Answer:
Hi! Welcome to health care magic! Thanks for sharing your concerns with us.
For understanding we need to know a small back round. Our body atmosphere is kept in an equilibrium by complex mechanism through homeostasis system by our organ systems specially our kidneys amd lungs which keep PH and other parameters in check to keep a constant suitable envoirment for life. Any fluctuation is compensated by increasing or decreasing those chemicals which can effect this homeostasis.
Carbon dioxide is one of those. Since it is acidic so if body experiences acidotic changes it responds by loss of carbon dioxide by rapid ventilation or breathing pattern which sheds away more and more carbon oxide leading to low levels of carbon dioxide. Similarly other causes which lead to increased breathing like anxiety, some drugs overdoses, or high altitude, will lead to decreased carbon dioxide in blood screenings.
Hope this has answered your query, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask.
Treatment includes monitoring and management of hyper ventilation
Detailed Answer:
Hi! Thanks for sharing your concerns in further details. Treatment and management depends upon the cause, of increased or decreased levels but usually high carbon dioxide is treated and low bicarbonate is treated because these are associated with harmful implications. Mostly low levels are due to compensatory mechanism of the body and are doing us more good than bad. Very Low carbohydrates are treated with monitoring, and correction of hyper ventilation and anti anxiety medications. It would be good if you can share detailed history and circumstances in which you are asking this so that I can be able to help you in a better way. Regards.