I will be sitting down or laying down and at random will find myself either taking a deep breath out of nowhere or a short, quick inhale. In my mind I imagine it is like my lungs are keeping a normal rhythm and then just decide to either take a big gulp of inhale or exhale, etc. and then goes back to normal. Nothing medically alarming…just wondering why that happens and the physiology behind why that happen. Thanks in advance!
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Breathing regulates the amount of O2 and CO2 in your blood.
CO2 partially turns into carbonic acid when dissolved in water, turning it more acidic. A pressure dip will make the carbonic acid turn to CO2 and Water again, making it less acidic. You can see this when you open a soda bottle and CO2 starts bubbling up.
The body has special cells in your aorta and carotids that monitor O2/CO2 levels and pH of your blood. When O2 levels are too low, these will make you take a deep inhale. When CO2 levels are too high or pH is too low, they will make you exhale deeply to get CO2/carbonic acid out of your bloodstream.
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