Low Carbon Dioxide?

judy3

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Joined : Nov 2006

Posts : 667

Posted 2/12/2009 11:34 PM (GMT 0)

Just got my blood work back from my LLMD and it showed my Carbon dioxide was low, it was 18 and range was 21-33, can anyone think what may cause this,I am feeling pretty good only problem when blood work was done was I had low blood pressure

Razzle

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Posted 2/13/2009 2:34 AM (GMT 0)

Could be an indication of dehydration (esp. w/ low bp). Also could be from hyperventilation - were you nervous when you went in for the labwork, or had you just been exercising/climbing stairs/long walk to the lab/etc.?

hezzer926

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Joined : Sep 2008

Posts : 285

Posted 2/13/2009 3:50 AM (GMT 0)

i also had this .. i think my last one was 19.. ive had it a bunch of times , not sure what it is..curious if others know...

Razzle

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Posts : 4415

Posted 2/13/2009 9:43 AM (GMT 0)

Check out

http://health.yahoo.com/respiratory-diagnosis/carbon-dioxide/healthwise--hw3895.html

http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/co2/test.html

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