Self-treatment of respiratory alkalosis is to maintain emotional calmness and self-adjustment of respiratory rate, and generally the symptoms can be effectively relieved.
Respiratory alkalosis is mostly caused by mental factors such as mental overstress, emotional excitement, or factors such as high fever, trauma, infection or drug poisoning, plateau hypoxia, strenuous exercise, etc., and is clinically more common in women. In mild cases, it is characterized by accelerated breathing, numbness of limbs and muscle tremors, while in severe cases, there may be dizziness, chest tightness, palpitations, convulsions, dyspnea and other symptoms.
Mild cases of respiratory alkalosis do not require treatment and can be self relieved. The self-management method is to maintain emotional calmness, self-adjustment of breathing rate (deep inhalation followed by slow exhalation).
If symptoms are not relieved or are accompanied by other symptoms, you should go to the hospital in time to have the cause clarified and then give targeted treatment.