Hyperventilation can create the potential for blood pH to rise to a harmful level. Why are hyperventilating individuals suffering from panic attacks advised to breathe in and out from within a paper bag?
A) the bag increases the air pressure, allowing more hydrogen ions to dissolve in the blood
B) the additional CO2 combines with water to produce carbonic acid, which, in turn dissociates to bicarbonate and protons, thereby lowering pH
C) the additional CO2 combines with water to produce bicarbonate, which, in turn dissociates to carbonic acid and protons, thereby lowering pH
D) the additional CO2 combines with water to produce carbonic acid, which, in turn dissociates to bicarbonate and protons, thereby raising pH
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