The : The co2 is low which means your minute ventilation is high. Either you are breathing faster or taking larger breaths than normal. There appears to be a metabolic compensation (low hco3) to maintain ph in the normal range. Primary respiratory alkalosis is fairly uncommon. Anxiety might cause hyperventilation, but it's unusual for it to persist long enough that you would develop a metabolic compensation. Also, the oxygen saturation is on the lower end of normal, but doesn't necessarily mean anything significant. The hemoglobin is a little on the high side at 16, which also isn't very significant on it's own. However, those two things combined could indicate the presence of lung disease such as emphysema. Not getting enough oxygen in the blood stream will result in a compensatory response by your body increasing the oxygen carrying component of your blood, the hemoglobin.
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