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Option 2 : Overuse of antacids causes metabolic acidosis
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- High dose antacid intake may lead to fluid retention in the body depending on the sodium content that occurs in the antacid. Sodium bicarbonate ingestion provokes metabolic alkalosis sometimes and alkaliuria, also the "nonsystemic calcium and magnesium-containing antacids" cause these changes too, but to a lower degree.
- Acidosis -> an excessively acid condition of the body fluids or tissues
- Alkalosis -> a condition in which the body fluids have excess base
- Respiratory alkalosis -> mainly occurs when hyperventilation makes it hard for the lungs to get rid of excess amount of carbon dioxide. It can also happen in people who need mechanical ventilation. The condition is not life-threatening. It occurs usually when a person hyperventilates they exhale more carbon dioxide than normal. As a result the carbon dioxide concentration in the blood is reduced and the bicarbonate/carbonic acid equilibrium shifts to the left. The corresponding drop bicarbonate concentration causes an increase in pH.
- Respiratory acidosis -> is mainly a state in which decreased ventilation and the condition is known as hypoventilation, increases the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood and decreases the blood's pH and the condition generally called respiratory acidosis.
- Metabolic Alkalosis -> Vomiting or nasogastric suction generates metabolic alkalosis by the loss of gastric secretions, which are rich in hydrochloric acid. Whenever a hydrogen ion is excreted, a bicarbonate ion is gained in the extracellular space. Known as Metabolic Alkalosis.
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