Symptoms of alkali poisoning

Alkali poisoning is mainly caused by too high content of alkaline substances in our body. Generally, when we eat some alkaline foods in our life, they will neutralize the gastric acid secreted by our body and play a role in acid-base balance. However, if we eat too much alkaline food in our life, it may lead to insufficient gastric acid secretion in the body, which may affect the acid-base balance in our body.

Alkali poisoning is relatively rare in life, but we need to have a certain understanding of its symptoms, which are mainly manifested as slower breathing and dysfunction of various organs in the body, increased combination of calcium and protein, and drowsiness.

.Slow and shallow breathing (retains CO2, increasing blood H2CO3); b. Psychiatric symptoms: agitation, excitement, delirium, drowsiness, and coma in severe cases; c. Increased neuromuscular excitability, with tetany, hyperreflexia of the tendons, etc.; d. Increased blood pH and SB, as well as CO2CP, BB, and BE, and decreased blood K+ and Cl-.

Although alkali poisoning is not as common as acidosis in clinical practice, it can also cause functional disorders of tissues and organs throughout the body. Sometimes certain diseases themselves do not pose a threat to the patient's life, but the alkali poisoning caused by the disease can become the direct cause of the patient's death. Therefore, in all fields of clinical medicine, attention should be paid to the diagnosis of alkali poisoning and timely treatment should be given. Mixed acid-base imbalance can sometimes be seen clinically, and diagnosis and treatment are more complicated at this time.

In respiratory alkali poisoning, plasma

Increased binding of calcium to proteins causes a decrease in free calcium, which increases the irritability of the patient's nerves and muscles. The patient often feels numbness around the mouth and in the limbs, muscle cramps and pain, and occasional tinnitus. The patient's tendon reflexes are hyperactive and he or she may suffer from tetany or even systemic convulsions. In alkali poisoning, the affinity of hemoglobin for oxygen increases. In the microcirculation, oxygenated hemoglobin is not easy to dissociate, which can cause tissue hypoxia. Hypocapnia can cause cerebral vasospasm, reduce cerebral blood flow, and cause dizziness, headache, excitement, hallucinations, fainting, and hypoxic changes in the EEG. In case of alkalinity, ST-T ischemic changes may appear on the electrocardiogram, which may lead to severe and refractory arrhythmias in severe cases.

Regarding the symptoms of alkali poisoning introduced in the article, we suggest that you should understand them well in your life, which will help you to detect the existence of alkali poisoning in time in your life. The symptoms of alkali poisoning mainly cause respiratory problems and functional problems of internal organs, so we recommend that everyone learn more about it in life.