Hyperventilation / Overbreathing / Rapid deep breathing

Symptoms of hyperventilation usually lasts for 15 to 30 minutes. Hyperventilation can cause the following symptoms although it is not mandatory that all of them occur.

• Numbness / tingling in the lips, hands and feet

• Lightheadedness / feeling faint / dizziness

• Headache

• Chest pain

• Slurred speech

• Loss of conciousness

People with hyperventilation syndrome suffer from chest, stomach, nervous system and emotional complaints.

The abdominal complaints include-

   • Bloating 

   • Burping

   • Passing excess gas

   • Feeling of pressure in the abdominal region

Some nervous system complaints include-

   • Numbness/headaches/nerve irritability

   • Dizziness/ fainting

   • Hot, cold sensations / feeling of chilliness

   • Intolerance of bright light / noise

   • Auditory/visual disturbances

   • Twitching eyelids

   • Spasms/ cramps of the fingers/hands

   • Anxiety

   • EEG abnormalities

Emotional / Psychological complaints include-

   • Confusion / feeling agitated / anxiety / irritability

   • Lack of concentration

   • A feeling of being outside yourself / depersonalization

   • Hallucination

   • Phobias

   • Obsession

   • Feeling of Inadequacy

   • Panic attacks / depression

   • Anorexia

Respiratory symptoms-

   • Feeling as if you can't breathe

   • Chest tightness / choking / chest pain

   • Shortness of breath / dyspnea

   • Palpitations

   • Sighing / yawning

   • Irritable cough

   • Asthma