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It may be helpful to have someone with you to coach you through the
episode. The goal of treatment during an episode is to increase carbon
dioxide levels in your body and work to slow your breathing rate.
We can try some immediate techniques to help treat
HYPERVENTILATION:
Breathe through pursed lips.
Breathe slowly into a paper bag or cupped hands.
Attempt to breathe into your belly (diaphragm) rather than your chest.
Hold your breath for 10 to 15 seconds at a time.
Preventing HYPERVENTILATION to happen is by learning on how to
relax and calm ourselves, by reducing our stress, having a proper
medication, meditation, alternate nostril breathing, deep belly breathing,
and full body breathing, mind and body exercise is also helpful to us to
have a proper breathing and having a healthy mind and lifestyle.
REFERNCE:
https://www.healthline.com/health/hyperventilation#prevention