The symptoms of high CO2 levels in the body's bloodstream include headaches, fatigue and dizziness, respiratory failure, seizures, difficulty breathing and irregular heartbeat.
The symptoms can be mild or even life threatening.
In most cases, a higher CO2 level leads to mild symptoms including headache and fatigue.
When the mechanisms designed to protect this balance in your body no longer work, more severe symptoms of difficulty breathing, respiratory failure, seizure, and coma can occur.
Too much CO2 in the blood can be a sign of many conditions, including: Lung diseases. Cushing's syndrome. Kidney failure.
Respiratory acidosis occurs when the lungs can't remove enough of the carbon dioxide (CO2) that the body produces.
Excess CO2 causes the pH of your blood and other bodily fluids to decrease, making them too acidic.
Respiration is the uptake of oxygen and the removal of carbon dioxide from the body.
This job is performed by the lungs. Breathing is achieved by contraction and relaxation of the diaphragm and rib muscles.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) increases cerebral blood flow and arterial blood pressure.
Cerebral blood flow increases not only due to the vasodilating effect of CO2 but also because of the increased perfusion pressure after autoregulation is exhausted.
Potential solutions for getting rid of CO2 include leveraging photosynthesis in coastal plants, seaweed, or phytoplankton; adding certain minerals to seawater that react with dissolved CO2 and lock it away; or running an electric current through seawater to accelerate reactions that ultimately help extract CO2.