The hyperventilation syndrome: a neurosis or a manifestation of magnesium imbalance?
Fehlinger, R.; Seidel, K.
Magnesium 4(2-3): 129-136
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0252-1156 PMID: 4046641 Document Number: 246138
It has been proven with clinical, psychological and electromyographic tests that the hyperventilation (HV) syndrome cannot be separated from so-called genuine tetany. Tetanic patients with and without HV are characterized by a significant hypocalcemia; but a significant hypomagnesemia is exclusively found in tetanic patients with HV attacks. Possible pathogenic mechanisms are discussed which may explain the HV attacks as a consequence of primary magnesium deficiency.