2007-02-18 02:29:48 · 6 answers · asked by Lozza_07 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Breathing into a paper bag works by making you rebreathe the carbon dioxide that you are exhaling. This causes the blood levels of C02 to rise, and slows your breathing. It has nothing to do with pH of your blood, at all.
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2007-02-20 04:20:25 · update #1
When you hyperventilate, your are breathing in and out very fast and very shallow. When you breathe out fast, you loose a lot of carbon dioxide. Eventually the pH of your blood becomes alkalotic, instead of near neutral. When you breathe into a bag, you can breathe back in some of that carbon dioxide and keep your blood pH from changing too much
2007-02-18 03:18:37 · answer #1 · answered by . 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because you are then breathing your own carbon dioxide which burns up the excessive oxygen in your Blood stream and lungs enableing you to relax..
2007-02-18 02:33:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
To slow down your breathing pattern.
2007-02-18 02:40:25 · answer #3 · answered by cristy p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because maybe you have bad breath and don't want other people to smell it:)
2007-02-18 02:38:28 · answer #4 · answered by Freddie C 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It prevents alkalosis, not acidosis.
2007-02-18 12:52:17 · answer #5 · answered by sandiemaye 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this will prevent respiratory acidosis.
2007-02-18 02:34:26 · answer #6 · answered by roxycutie_12 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋