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Acidosis is an increased acidity (i.e. an increased hydrogen ion concentration). If not further qualified, it usually refers to acidity of the blood plasma. Acidosis is said to occur when arterial pH falls below 7.35, while its counterpart (alkalosis) occurs at a pH over 7.45. Arterial blood gas analysis and other tests are required to separate the main causes. The term acidemia describes the state of low blood pH, while acidosis is used to describe the processes leading to these states. Nevertheless, physicians sometimes use the terms interchangeably. The distinction may be relevant where a patient has factors causing both acidosis and alkalosis, where the relative severity of both determines whether the result is a high or a low pH. The rate of cellular metabolic activity affects and, at the same time, is affected by the pH of the body fluids. In mammals, the normal pH of arterial blood lies between 7.35 and 7.50 depending on the species (e.g. healthy human-arterial blood pH varies between 7.35 and 7.45). Blood pH values compatible with life in mammals are limited to a pH range between 6.8 and 7.8. Changes in the pH of arterial blood (and therefore the extracellular fluid) outside this range result in irreversible cell damage. General symptoms of acidosis. These usually accompany symptoms of another primary defect (respiratory or metabolic).From Wikipedia under the
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Q. How does the respiratory system works to re-establish the homeostasis (bring the blood pH to its normal range). Also how do the kidneys do this aswell? Asked by dragonfly - Mon Dec 4 14:19:03 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. Hydrogen is a byproduct of cellular metabolism. It is transported in the blood by binding with HCO3 (bicarbonate) as H2CO3 (carbonic acid). This splits into H2O and CO2 by the help of carbonic anhydrase. The CO2 is eliminated by the lungs. You can equate the amount of CO2 exhaled as the amount of acid exhaled. If you breathe faster and deeper, you exhale more CO2 (acid) from the blood and your pH rises. If you quit breathing, you retain CO2 (acid) and your pH falls (acidosis). Kidneys reabsorb and regenerate HCO3 but it takes >24 hrs to do so effectively. The respiratory system is much faster. You can either have a metabolic disturbance such as lactic acidosis in which the resipratory system will increase in rate and depth to blow… [cont.] Answered by Shizzle - Mon Dec 4 14:29:24 2006 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Acidosis" |
