Acidosis

Acidosis: Too much acid in the body, a distinctly abnormal condition resulting from the accumulation of acid or from the depletion of alkaline reserves. In acidosis, the pH of the blood is abnormally low.
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Acidosis - metabolic
Causes, incidence, and risk factors:
Many different diseases and medical conditions can lead to metabolic acidosis. For example, diabetes mellitus type 1 (juvenile diabetes), when out of control, leads to diabetic ketoacidosis.
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Acidosis describes a condition in which the amount of acid in the body is increased. When this condition is caused by not breathing well or fast enough, it is called respiratory acidosis.
What is going on in the body?
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Acidosis is a condition characterized by excessive acid in the body fluids.
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Kidneys ...
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AcidosisA condition that causes the pH of the blood to drop and become more acidic.
Diabetes mellitusDisease characterized by the inability of the body to produce or respond properly to insulin, required by the body to convert glucose to energy.
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KETOACIDOSIS - A metabolic derangement that occurs when their is an over abundance of ketone bodies (acetone) in the bloodstream.
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Ketoacidosis (KEY-toe-ASS-ih-DOE-sis) is one of the many dangerous complications of diabetes. The problem develops when the body is unable to get enough energy from blood sugar and begins to use fat.
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Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is usually triggered by a stressful event, such as an illness or another health problem. The condition may also arise as a result of insufficient insulin therapy.
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Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a disease that occurs when the kidneys fail to excrete acids into the urine, which causes a person's blood to remain too acidic.
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acidosis
An abnormal condition in the body in which excessive acid lowers the pH of the blood and body tissues.
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LACTIC ACIDOSIS: High levels of lactic acid in the blood, which is potentially fatal. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and shortness of breath. The use of nucleoside analogs can contribute to lactic acidosis.
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Metabolic acidosis (for example, caused by uncontrolled diabetes) or alkalosis (for example, caused by excess vomiting) can affect blood potassium.
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metabolic acidosis (met-ah-BOL-ik as-id-O-sis)
A condition in which the blood is too acidic. It may be caused by severe illness or sepsis (bacteria in the bloodstream).
metabolic disorder ...
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Heartburn (Acidosis, Overacid Stomach)
Hiatal Hernia (Hiatus Hernia)
Vomiting (Emesis)
Indigestion (Dyspepsia)
Dyspepsia (Poor Digestion; Indigestion)
Nervous Dyspepsia [Kellogg] ...
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Respiratory acidosis develops when there are excessive amounts of carbon dioxide in the body, primarily caused by decreased breathing. Other names for this include hypercapnic acidosis and carbon dioxide acidosis.
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Lactic acidosis
Lactose intolerance
Laennec's cirrhosis
Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
Lamellar ichthyosis
Lancefield group B streptococcus
Landouzy-Dejerine muscular dystrophy
Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome
Langerhans cell histiocytosis ...
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A low pH with high partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) and high or normal bicarbonate (HCO3) levels is called respiratory acidosis and may indicate conditions that prevent carbon dioxide from being exhaled.
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Diabetes (fruity or "sweet chemical" smell with ketoacidosis)
Esophageal cancer
Gastric carcinoma
Gastrojejunocolic fistula (fruity-smelling breath)
Hepatic encephalopathy
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Lung abscess
Ozena, or atrophic rhinitis ...
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As the disorder progresses, symptoms may also include generalised weakness, lack of muscle tone, and episodes of lactic acidosis. Lactic acidosis, the accumulation of lactic acid in the brain, may lead to impairment of breathing and kidney function.
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Young children with acidosis (accumulation of acid in the body), severe vomiting and diarrhea, or urine with an abnormal color or odor, are also screened with a urine test for specific amino acid levels.
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This can lead to increased acid in the blood called acidosis, a condition that can affect other body organs. Without treatment, the baby becomes exhausted trying to breathe and eventually gives up.
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Environmental Causes
Incorrect Water Chemistry
Acidosis or Alkalosis
Osmotic Stress or Shock
pH shock ...
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Goldstein LE, Sporn J, Brown S, et al.: New-onset diabetes mellitus and diabetic ketoacidosis associated with olanzapine treatment. Psychosomatics 40 (5): 438-43, 1999 Sep-Oct. [PUBMED Abstract] ...
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By the time nausea and vomiting appear, the child may already have dangerously high blood-glucose levels and severe acidosis due to the burning of fat by the body because glucose is not being utilized for energy.
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It is currently in phase III clinical trials in patients with closed head injury and in phase II trials related to the treatment of stroke patients and the treatment of pediatric patients suffering from congenital lactic acidosis.
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Uncontrolled diabetes leads to diabetic acidosis, in which ketones build up in the blood. Patients have sweet-smelling breath, and may suffer confusion, unconsciousness, and death.
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(see also Diabetes mellitus)
- blood glucose test
- hemoglobin A1c test for diabetics *
- high in diabetes, causing ketoacidosis *
- low in diabetes (insulin-reaction hypoglycemia) * -
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self blood glucose monitoring ...
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