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Chloride
Chloride is a negatively charged ion of chlorine found in cells and serum. Chloride is the main ion which balances out the positively charged ions - sodium and potassium.
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A 67-year old female asked:
How do you lower chloride levels?
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A 28-year old asked:
What are normal ratios for phosphorus and chloride?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Chloride levels always 108 what can that mean imma adult female.?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Is aluminum chloride antibacterial?
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A 33-year old asked:
How do they make potasium chloride?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Chloride level was 101 in may but now is 93. Why the dip?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Chloride level 93 and normal range is 97-108. Probably nothing right?
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A 20-year old male asked:
What causes a slightly low Chloride serum level? My level was 97. C02 was 29 which was slightly elevated.
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A 22-year old male asked:
My chloride level was 101 which is normal then 6 months later was 93, which is considered slightly low. Is this still normal?
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A 21-year old asked:
I had my blood drawm and they said I had high chloride levels I am 21 and I do smoke and have for four yrs. What does chloride mean and is it bad?
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A 43-year old male asked:
Why is chloride content of foods almost impossible to find?depsite it being one of the major electrolytes on which so many important bodily functions depend and our bodies balance it seperately?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is mivacurium chloride?
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A 62-year old male asked:
What is magnesium chloride used for?
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A 35-year old male asked:
What foods are rich in sodium chloride?
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A 57-year old male asked:
Can I use lidocaine chloride jelly on my rectum ?
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A 25-year old male asked:
My blood test always shows I have high chloride in my blood. Why is this and how do I lower it?
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A 18-year old male asked:
If my blood chloride level is a little high what could be the cause mine was 107 MMOL/L and the range is 98-107 MMOL/L?
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A 32-year old female asked:
If all blood work is normal but chloride is high, 111-113 always what would this mean? Should I worry? How do I lower it
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A 22-year old male asked:
How long does it take chloride gas to air out of a room? Am I safe if I go back hours later after mixing a bunch of chemicals in my toilet?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I am suffering with hypocalcium disease let me know how it will come and why amonia chloride test will do for humans because they did for me
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A 29-year old male asked:
My chloride, serum is 100 mgol/L. My phosphorus is 3.6 mg/dL. I've read a ratio lower than 29 could be suggestive of malignancy. Should I worry?
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A 51-year old male asked:
Taking ganaton 150mg (itopride hydro chloride) one cap per day \u0026 pantocid 40g 2x a day for 6 yrs. safe? there any side effects of this? Thank you
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A 27-year old female asked:
Can chronic kidey stones (since 2012) cause eGFR to fluctuate? Hasn't been greater than 90 since 2015, it ranges 70-80. Jan egfr was 74 & Chloride 101meq/L, March egfr was 71 w/ 3 stones. Permanent damage or can it improve?
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A 22-year old male asked:
Why there is chloride retention in diarrhea?
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A 43-year old male asked:
How much chloride in 100 gms of egg white ?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Can I use 0.9% sodium chloride as an anal ennema?
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A 42-year old asked:
Is magnesium chloride the same as magneeium citrate?
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A female asked:
Are beverages containing chloride safe while i'm pregnant?
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A 45-year old asked:
How reliable is a negative sweat chloride at ruling out CF in someone?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Got is low, chloride is high, rbc/hpf is high, and blood is moderate (abnormal)?
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