Question

CO₂+ H₂0 H₂CO₃ H +HCO₃^-

Use the information above to answer the following questions:

1. What is the resulting medical condition?
2. Give an example of a medical condition that can lead to metabolic acidosis.
3. Give an example of a medical condition that can lead to metabolic alkalosis.

Answer 1

Answer-

The resulting medical condition is respiratory acidosis. Because CO2 combines with water in RBC to form carbonic acid Which increases the blood pH . This occurs due to increased carbon dioxide in blood due to hypoventilation where CO2 is not expelled effectively .

A medical condition that leads to metabolic acidosis is diabetic ketoacidosis. Here patients lack insulin hormone to utilise carbohydrate reserve of body instead fats are degraded by beta oxidation to continue cellular respiration , the end product of fat degradation acetl co A is all diverted to form ketone bodies in excess resulting in ketoacidosis .

Metabolic alkalosis can be caused by severe vomitting , where there is loss of electrolytes , there is a decrease in H+ ion concentration , which causes increase in blood ph and alkalosis .

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