beccag
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- May 25, 2008
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- foxboro
hello everyone...
becca here...i recently posted asking about bipap, because my mil has als and has been showing a lot of anxiety and sleeplessness. because of this the doc ordered an arterial blood gas because he felt she was having too much co2 ....not enough oxygen. well the results came back as okay there...but last night she woke at 4 am hyperventillating pretty badly and my fil had to calm her down and read to her to get her to relax her breathing...she finally was breathing normally and fell asleep, but it took some time to accomplish this... obvious;y she is having breathing problems at night. monday she sees a pulmonologist to see what to do...but, my question is this...have any of you experienced hyperventilating with als? why would she do that and have an ABG come back okay...shouldnt the two go hand in hand? i am confused and would really appreciate your experiences...your help is greatly appreciated.
thank you.
becca
becca here...i recently posted asking about bipap, because my mil has als and has been showing a lot of anxiety and sleeplessness. because of this the doc ordered an arterial blood gas because he felt she was having too much co2 ....not enough oxygen. well the results came back as okay there...but last night she woke at 4 am hyperventillating pretty badly and my fil had to calm her down and read to her to get her to relax her breathing...she finally was breathing normally and fell asleep, but it took some time to accomplish this... obvious;y she is having breathing problems at night. monday she sees a pulmonologist to see what to do...but, my question is this...have any of you experienced hyperventilating with als? why would she do that and have an ABG come back okay...shouldnt the two go hand in hand? i am confused and would really appreciate your experiences...your help is greatly appreciated.
thank you.
becca