Air hunger is what CO₂ tolerance training makes tolerable at higher CO₂ levels. In panic, air hunger can spiral even at normal CO₂ — that is where slower breathing paradoxically helps.
The subjective feeling of needing to breathe, driven primarily by CO₂ chemoreceptor activation.
Air hunger is what CO₂ tolerance training makes tolerable at higher CO₂ levels. In panic, air hunger can spiral even at normal CO₂ — that is where slower breathing paradoxically helps.
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