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I'm having trouble understanding how this works. So if too much CO2 is expelled then you get respiratory alkalosis (hyperventilation) and if there's a build up of CO2 (hypo ventilation), then you get respiratory acidosis. Why is this??? H+ and HCO3- are in a 1 to 1 ratio so if, say, you have a case of hypo ventilation, then why isn't there an equal increase in both [H+] and [HCO3-]?
