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When you have diarrhea and you lose intestinal juices, does that lead to blood ph undergoing acidosis or alkalosis?

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Acidosis: When one has severe diarrhea or takes too many laxatives there is a resulting change in the balanced pH of the blood referred to as hyperchloremic acidosis. The diminution of bicarbonate (sodium bicarbonate) levels lost in the liquid stool results in this problem and must be compensated by minimizing or controlling the diarrhea and taking alkaline material P.O to return the blood pH to normal.

Answered 10/23/2015

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