Hyperventilation is a state of over breathing that usually occurs due to anxiety or panic. The person breathes in excess to the body’s requirement and this causes symptoms of light headedness, followed by numbness and tingling sensation. It however can also occur in more serious situations like – following a heart attack, lung infection or shock.
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