Anxiety is a normal emotional reaction to stress, but when it reaches overwhelming levels, it can cause physical symptoms that feel threatening, and one among them is hyperventilation.

THE hyperventilation syndrome, as seen in anxious, tense persons, is characterized by paresthesia of the extremities and circumoral area, sensations of lightheadedness and altered consciousness and ...

The pandemic has brought increased levels of anxiety and PTSD. People are sighing a lot, and say they find it hard to take a full, deep, relaxed breath or, can hardly catch their breath. Disordered ...