Hyperventilation: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Respiratory System (J00-J99)

  • Bronchial asthma

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

  • Hypocalcemic tetany – neuromuscular hyperexcitability due to a deficiency of calcium → tetanic seizures (with anxious restlessness, hypesthesia (numbness), paresthesias (insensations), and muscle spasms).

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99).

Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99).

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