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Can inhaling your own carbon dioxide by wearing a very tight home made mask which doesnt let air to pass in or out easily for a longer period of more than a year give you alkalosis?

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Dr. Harold Peltan answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

No. Inhaling too much carbon dioxide may cause respiratory acidosis, which is the opposite of alkalosis. https://www.healthline.com/health/alkalosis Also, very few homemade masks are tight. Any respiratory acidosis should be temporary. You should recover your normal acid-base balance each day while you are home with your mask off. If you have alkalosis, look elsewhere for the cause.

Answered 10/1/2021

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You are highly unlikely to retain carbon dioxide while wearing a cloth mask. Retaining carbon dioxide may cause acidosis but not alkalosis. For healthy diet: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/., exercise 30 minutes/day, drink enough water daily so your urine is mostly colorless, have safe sex, no tobacco alcohol weed or street drugs. Get Covid vaccine. Wish you good health!

Answered 10/1/2021

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