ACIDOSIS AND ALKALOSIS
FACTORS AFFECTING BLOOD PH
1. NATURE OF DIET
2. VIGOROUS EXERCISE
Tend to acidify blood pH
Proteins, fats, ketogenic substances
Tend to alkalinize blood pH
Fruits and vegetables
Tend to acidify blood pH
Conversion of ATP to lactic acid leading
to muscular cramps.
Vigorous Exercise
condition in which the acidity of body fluids & tissues is abnormally
high
- due to a decrease in normal blood pH
- ma
jor physiological effect in general: depression of the CNS through
depression of synaptic transmission
ACIDOSIS
more than the
normal amount of CO2 is retained
in the body.
E.g. drowning
Gaseous acidosis
kidney failure
results in excessive loss of
bicarbonate or retention of
phosphoric and sulfuric acids.
Renal acidosis