This question sound stupid to me, but is this possible? Can a person with a high blood pressure have anemia or his/her blood platelettes be incomplete even if he/she has a high blood pressure?
M.C. is 20 y. old philosophy major at state university. when the 24 hour stomach flu went around campus, she was one of the first students to become ill. however, instead of 24 hours, she vomited for 3 days. during that time, she was unable to keep anything down, and she sucked on ice chips to relieve her thirst. by the time she was seen in student health center, the vomiting had stopped, but she could barely hold her head up. On physical examination, her blood pressure was 100/60 and she had decreased skin turgor and dry mucous membranes. a blood sample yielded the following results: arterial: pH=7.53, HCO3=37mEq/L, pCO2=49mm Hg, Venous: Na=137 mEq/L, Cl=82 mEq/L, K2.8 mEq/L. She was admitted to college infirmary , where she received an infusion of isotonic saline and potassium. She was released the next day after her fluid and electrolyte status returned to normal.
QUESTIONS:
1) What acid-base disorder did M.C have after vomiting for three days? explain fully
2) Propose a mechanism for how vomiting could cause disorder.
3) Compared with an individual with normal blood values, would you expect M.C.’s breathing rate to be increased, decreased, or the same? explain.
4) why was her blood pressure decreased? why did she have decreased skin turgor and dry mucous membranes?
5) why did M.C. exhibit decreased K and Cl concentrations? identify mechanism that may have contributed to her hypokalemia.
6) what effect would her decreased blood pressure be expected to have on the reninangiotensin-aldosterone system? explain
My mom has high potassium, what are some good snack or meal ideas for her?
sometimes when im exercising or just hanging out my heart will get fast, causing me to sometimes loose vision a little, get lightheaded, and occasionaly chest pains. i once passed out from this, the doctors said it was dehydration, however sometimes when i stay hydrated it happens. my high school coach says that it could be from a low potassium level, but if there is any proffesionals out there could it be something worse? it would also help to know how to, if possible, avoid these "spells" or whatever because i run track and its never good to have your heart and head acting up on you in a meet. so what could it be and more importantly, how could i take steps to prevent it?
I thought it was the other way around - I thought atherosclerosis would increas your BP…
Lethal injection is the injection of potassium. How much potassium does it take to kill?
Bananas are said to be very high in potassium. How much potassium is in a banana?
Lastly, can one eat so many bananas, or be on a diet consisting mostly of bananas over a long period of time, eventually suffer from potassium poisoning?
I can’t decide which category to put this question in.
I know I’m weird. Stop pointing that out.
Wow, Jet Li answered my question. That’s awesome. =p
And what is a reason they may need to have a high potassium diet?
I know the basics of the trends but I don’t understand why they change. I need to know what periodicity principles ( like effective nuclear charge, shielding, and valence electrons) cause the first ionization energy to change.
I mean apart from what the bottle promotes which is vascular health and circulation, what is it good for? I saw somewhere that it is good to dry up mucus. Is this true? I have horrible nasal congestion after a cold and it doesnt go away with anything. Does anyone know if this will help?
I looked up dispirin and it just comes up as being aspirin….. how is aspirin good for mucus?
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