robi
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ANtoneknow what cause low carbon dioxide in the blood?
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Mine and my husband (both have lyme) have low Carbon Dioxide.
When I went back through past lab records (before knowing we had lyme, but, did.) same thing low Carbon Dioxide.
Asked PCP about it, and she asked if we smoked. We did in high school but have not the last 20 years. I just left it at that.
Glad to see someone else picked up on it too.
Anyone else out there have it or know what causes it???
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Marnie
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Abnormal results of any of the blood gas components may mean that your body is not getting enough oxygen, is not getting rid of enough carbon dioxide, or that there is a problem with kidney function.
If left untreated, these conditions create an imbalance that could eventually be life threatening. Your doctor will provide the necessary medical intervention to regain your body's normal balance, but the original cause of the imbalance must also be addressed.
A pH imbalance, blood that is either too acidic (state of acidosis) or alkaline (state of alkalosis) will be primarily due to a condition or disease that affects either respiration (breathing, your lungs) or your metabolic processes.
Regardless of what causes the pH imbalance, since the respiratory and metabolic systems are interrelated, one system will compensate for the other to bring the pH back into balance.
The cause: Bb wants sugar, not oxygen. We make ATP...the energy carrier 2 ways: using sugar or using oxygen. We only make 2 ATPs using sugar compared to 32 (about) ATPs using oxygen.
Stuck in the unhealthy (for us) route.
Making the switch (which we do all the time) from glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation involves an enzyme called PFK (phosphofructokinase). Bb is dependent on this enzyme. We have to INactivate it.
Equally important, we have to INactivate another enzyme called HMG CoA reductase and stop all this excess LDL production from the liver.
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quote:Originally posted by Marnie: The cause: Bb wants sugar, not oxygen. We make ATP...the energy carrier 2 ways: using sugar or using oxygen. We only make 2 ATPs using sugar compared to 32 (about) ATPs using oxygen.
Stuck in the unhealthy (for us) route.
Making the switch (which we do all the time) from glycolysis to oxidative phosphorylation involves an enzyme called PFK (phosphofructokinase). Bb is dependent on this enzyme. We have to INactivate it.
This is major fascinating stuff as it (I think) explains some of my experiences.
I had tried a doctor-recommended fast, and within 72 hours my body became so acidic I nearly died, according to the ER doctors who found me with alarming low levels of CO2 and revived me.
If I understand your explanation above, depriving Bb of sugar (via the fast) caused it to switch to oxygen use, which in turn led to the metabolic acidosis that nearly killed me.
And, something else. I'm going to guess fruit is one of the foods highest in phosphofructokinase. Fruit causes MAJOR symptom worsening for me, and no doctor has been able to explain why. Maybe that's because fruit supplies the enzyme Bb loves?
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