Anxiety is a normal emotional reaction to stress, but when it reaches overwhelming levels, it can cause physical symptoms that feel threatening, and one among them is hyperventilation.

The body has a set of physiological responses to danger: the pupils dilate, respiration deepens, heart rate and blood pressure rise, muscles tense for action. The gastro-intestinal system reacts also.

Hyperventilation is characterised by a rapid or deep breathing that usually occurs with anxiety or panic. Also known as overbreathing, the condition can leave you breathless. The symptoms of ...

A new treatment program teaches people who suffer from panic disorder how to reduce the terrorizing symptoms by normalizing their breathing. The method has proved better than traditional cognitive ...

Hyperventilation (hyper - too much, ventilation - breathing) is a condition in which a person experiences abnormal, increased rate and depth of breathing, for a prolonged period. When they begin to ...

September 13, 2012 — Breathing techniques designed to reduce hyperventilation may improve asthma symptoms and reduce medication use in adults with poorly controlled asthma, although the evidence ...

We do it on average 20,000 times a day, but most of us pay little attention to our breathing. Yet studies show one in ten ­Britons ­suffer from problems such as over-breathing or hyperventilation.

Anxiety is stressful. In many cases, the stressful nature of anxiety can actually make the anxiety itself worse, resulting in a negative feedback loop. This is especially true for people who ...

Researchers have found that people with chronic fatigue syndrome tend to experience shortness of breath, which offers a target for treatment and may bring relief from symptoms. Chronic fatigue ...