A person suffering from anxiety begins breathing rapidly and as a result suffers alkalosis, an increase in

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A person suffering from anxiety begins breathing rapidly and as a result suffers alkalosis, an increase in blood pH.

(a) Using Equation 17.10, explain how rapid breathing can cause the pH of blood to increase.

(b) One cure for this problem is breathing in a paper bag. Why does this procedure lower blood pH?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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