What is abnormal respiration?
Respiratory Block
Adnormal Respiration
Rate
Less then 12 Greater then 20
Let us start with the rate. If the person is breathing slower than 12 or faster than 20, they have a problem. If a person is at sitting at rest and their respiratory rate is greater than 20, you will need to investigate more to narrow down what is wrong. Several conditions cause a person’s repertory to increase. A person with diabetes with a very high blood glucose level (BGL) causes Ketoacsisdous, leading to Kussmaul’s breathing. The high BGL causes the body’s ph to become more acidic, so the body increases the repression rate to buffer the ph to maintain homeostasis by increasing the ph. The faster the person breathes, the less effective ventilation.
Respiratory rates slower than 12 can indicate several conditions, like an opioid overdose. First, the opioid causes sedation in the person and slows down their respiratory rate: the slower the patient’s rate, the less oxygen and carbon dioxide is exchanged.
Let us start with the rate. If the person is breathing slower than 12 or faster than 20, they have a problem. If a person is at sitting at rest and their respiratory rate is greater than 20, you will need to investigate more to narrow down what is wrong. Several conditions cause a person’s repertory to increase. A person with diabetes with a very high blood glucose level (BGL) causes Ketoacsisdous, leading to Kussmaul’s breathing. The high BGL causes the body’s ph to become more acidic, so the body increases the repression rate to buffer the ph to maintain homeostasis by increasing the ph. The faster the person breathes, the less effective ventilation.
Respiratory rates slower than 12 can indicate several conditions, like an opioid overdose. First, the opioid causes sedation in the person and slows down their respiratory rate: the slower the patient’s rate, the less oxygen and carbon dioxide is exchanged.
Depth
Shallow And Deep
The amount of air you inhale is how deep you inhale in one respiration. When at rest, you might only need to breathe in small (shallow breaths) amounts of air, whereas when you are exercising, you will need to have larger (deep breaths) amounts of air to maintain adequate perfusion. The measurement of respiration is in millimetres. The average range of depth is between 500ml and 1000ml.
Rhythm
Regular
When a person’s repository rate is not following a regular pattern, it indicates that there is something wrong, and further investigation is needed. Irregular breathing patterns are most often caused by neurological conditions or injury.
Reading
This a great article explain what normal breathe is and look like.