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Q: Why do people with ketoacidosis hyperventilate?
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What happens when there is 100 percent oxygen present on earth?

People will choke, hyperventilate and die


Where can I find information about diabetic ketoacidosis?

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a condition which is thought to affect about 1 in 750 people in their lifetime. More information can be obtained from reputable medical journals or a doctor.


How do you use the word hyperventilate in a sentence?

holly couldn't breathe so i gave her a paper bag so she could hyperventilate


What untreated disease leave individual at risk for developing ketoacidosis?

If hyperglycemia is left untreated, it can lead to ketoacidosis.


What does hyperventilate mean?

To breathe excessively.


What are the dangers of Ketoacidosis?

Diabetic ketoacidosis is caused by lack of insulin, and is generally triggered by some other body insult including dehydration, fasting, illness or infection. Once ketoacidosis begins in earnest, it causes itself to get worse. All of its symptoms are also causes of further problems, so it will generally continue to advance until treatment or death. More details on the mechanism of how ketoacidosis begins are available on the wikipedia link below. Ketoacidosis is often associated with hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), but hyperglycemia won't actually cause Ketoacidosis. They are both caused by shortage of insulin.


What happens to your breathing when you hyperventilate?

It speeds up.


What disease associated with ketoacidosis?

Diabetes


Why is it bad to hyperventilate?

you could pass out/run out of oxygen


Should you hyperventilate a patient with a head injury?

Yes


What happens if your breathing rate is too high?

You hyperventilate.


Before a diver dives will he will take a deep breath or hyperventilate?

Free divers do but scuba divers do not need to. Scuba divers take their air with them and would have no need to hyperventilate.