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If someone has hypernatremia what happens with in the body to cause them to have rapid respiration's?
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Hypernatremia: It is what is associated with hypernatremia that causes people to breath fast, not the hypernatremia itself. You have to look at the acid-base balance or the reason why hypernatremia developed to find out why there is hyperpnea, such as acidosis, or hormonal causes.
Answered 2/12/2014
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Well: Hypernatremia attempts for correction, include decrease sweat and breathing rate, but hypernatremia could cause nerve irritability and stimulate breathing rate.
Answered 2/13/2014
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