Chapter 21, Problem 4AYKA

Summary Introduction

To review:

Whether hypoventilation or hyperventilation would occur if there is prolonged vomiting, causing increase in blood pH.

Introduction:

Hypo ventilation can refer to the state in which a person’s breathing becomes less than the required capacity. Hyper ventilation can refer to the state in which the human body exhales more than its intake, and this causes an imbalance in the human body’s pH and ${\text{P}}_{{\text{CO}}_2}$(partial pressure of carbon dioxide) levels. Because the body is exhaling more CO₂ from the body at a rapid speed, it causes an imbalance in the body’s CO₂ levels.