The New England Journal of Medicine (2002) states: “Increasing evidence suggests that hypocapnia (low CO2 by overbreathing) appears to induce substantial adverse physiological and medical effects.”
Vascular system: migraine, arrhythmias, hypertension, heart attack, angina, stroke.
The New England Journal of Medicine (2002) states, “Hypocapnia has been clearly linked to the development of arrhythmias..”
Studies in Holland have documented medical savings of 45% over a 5-year period in heart attack patients, findings that led to legislation requiring cardiac rehabilitation centers to offer breathing training.
Digestive system: nausea, cramping, irritable bowel syndrome, pain, bloatedness.
Alkalosis triggers smooth muscle constriction in the gut, and thereby triggering or exacerbating digestive and related disorders.
Nervous system: headache, brain fog,. blurred vision, fatigue, pain threshold, numbness, neurological syndromes.
Overbreathing is used deliberately in emergency medicine for controlling cerebral bleeding. This fact points to the immensity of the impact of hypocapnia on brain functioning, and its implications for triggering neurological syndromes, e.g., epilepsy and ADD.
| Respiratory system: asthma attacks, altitude sickness, shortness of breath, chest pain, sleep apnea.
For example, according to the New England Journal of Medicine (2002), “Hypocapnia is a common finding in patients with sleep apnea and may be pathogenic.” Overbreathing can trigger asthma attacks and it is the primary factor in altitude illness (respiratory alkalosis).
Musculoskeletal system: repetitive strain injury, headache, calcium-magnesium imbalance, and muscle spasm, pain, weakness, and fatigue. According to the American Journal of Industrial Medicine (2002), hypocapnia can “..have adverse implications for musculoskeletal health, including increase muscle tension, muscle spasm, amplified response to catecholamines, and muscle ischemia and hypoxia..”
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