So I understand why you get short of breath while running, because your body needs more oxygen, respiratory frequence increases and yada yada.
But why will I stay short of breath for a few whole minutes, even though my oxygen needs have already gone down? Like, a few seconds after running, your oxygen expenses didn’t change much, but they should get back to normal after a few seconds, right?
In: Biology
There are two types of respiration anaerobic and aerobic basically respiration with or without oxygen the without one can only be used for a very limited time and produces toxins in the body which need to be disposed of or neutralized by adding oxygen to them. This is where the oxygen debt comes from if you used emergency respiration you now need extra oxygen to deal with the “borrowed” oxygen.
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