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Got refused for an eeg for seizure like symptoms and was told my bicarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) levels are low causing symptoms but labs are normal? gave me a paper bag?

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Dr. Eric Weisman answered

Specializes in Neurology

Hyperventilation: The paper bag is to treat hyperventilation. The idea is to recapture exhaled carbon dioxide to correct your blood ph. Breathing too deeply or too rapidly can lead to the feeling you cannot catch your breath, carpal pedal spasm of the wrists and even loss of consciousness.

Answered 9/28/2016

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