What is the normal disstribution of K+ between inracellular and extracellular fluid?
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Intracellular K+ should be about 140 mM (140 mEq/L)\nExtracellular K+ should be about 4 mM (4 mEq/L)\n\nTherefore, the ratio of intracellular to extracellular is about 35:1
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Endolymph- watery fluid in the membranous labyrinth of the ear.\nPerilymph- watery fluid between the membranous and bony labyrinths of the ear.\n\nThe perylimph is similar but not identical in composition to extracellular fluids of the body, such as cerebrospinal fluid. The concentration of sodium ions in the perylimph is high (about 150 milliequivalents per litter) and that of potassium ions is low (about 5 milliequivalents per litter).\n\nEndolymph is a totally unique extracellular fluid, which ion composition is unlike anywhere in the body. Potassium ions major in endolymph and virtually no sodium. Because endolymph is unlike any other, the processes which are maintained and regulated cannot be extrapolated by other fluid system. The total ion content of endolymph is significantly higher than that of perilymph.
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Normal saline is 0.9% NaCl.   This means that it contains;\n\n0.9 Grams/100mls of sodium chloride or 9 grams/liter.  \nOr, 900mg/100 ml= 9mg/ml of sodium chloride\n\nDid you mean how many mg of NaCl??\n\nIncidently this equals 154 meq Na+ per liter
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I know almost nothing about plasma (bio) and even less about ICF.  But I know a lot about osmotic pressrue.\n\nSo I will dare to say that the highest osmotic pressure will be where the concentration of protein is higher.
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you may be loosing large amount of salt from the body by any form.You may need to have a blood test- serum electrolytes ,Renal fuction test. May be nothing serious.Second probelm is not a bad problem.
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When muscles are stimulated, sodium flows into muscle cells & then potassium flows out. The muscle cell then has a pump (called the Na+-K+ ATPase) that is in charge of pumping the sodium back out of the cell and the potassium back in. During heavy exercise, this pump cannot keep up - so too much potassium ends up outside the cell. This is hyperkalemia.
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none salt cause high bloodpressure and stress
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I think both your answers are right. \n\nAccording to my books, normal values are pH = 7.4, PCO2 = 40mm Hg, and HCO3 = 24 mM.\n\nRespiratory acidosis: pH < 7.4, CO2 too high\nMetabolic acidosis: pH < 7.4, HCO3 too low\n\nRespiratory alkalosis: pH > 7.4, CO2 too low\nMetabolic alkalosis: pH > 7.4, HCO3 too high\n\nSo the way I figure out these problems is first to look at the pH. Even if compensated, it will never get back to normal so it should tell you right away if it's acidosis vs alkalosis. \n\nThen look at both the PCO2 and HCO3. Are they both above normal, below normal, or is one above and the other below? If one is above and the other below, then it means that the state is uncompensated and it should be easy to figure out the cause.\n\nIf they are both either below or above normal, then you have to look at either CO2 or HCO3 more closely. I usually like to concentrate on HCO3, but it really doesn't matter which one you want to look at. \n\nSo looking at your problem 1 for example, pH - 7.63 tells me its alkalosis. Both CO2 and HCO3 levels are lower than normal, so I know it's being compensated for. From what I know about alkalosis, it's either caused by low C02 or high HCO3. Since HCO3 is low in this case yet the blood pH is basic, I know it can't be the cause of the alkalosis. CO2 however looks to fit into the model, so HCO3 must be compensating.\n\nAnyway, hope this makes sense, kinda hard to explain completely in a post.
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turgid pressure, diffusion, na/pa gradient, active/passive transport.
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Loss of potassium has to be balanced by some other ion, in order to maintian ionic charge balance.  If there were efflux of K with no corresponding change in anything else, then the loss of the + ion (K+) would mean the inside of the bacteria would become quite negatively charged.  However, what would tend to happen is an increase in influx of the other major + ion, sodium (Na+) and perhaps Calcium (Ca+2).  Though this would restore the electrical balance, you would now have a chemical imbalance- processes in the bacteria do not proceed exactly the same in the presence of different chemicals-so, there would be biochemical disruption.
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HCO3(-) <---> H(+) + CO3(2-) (Sodium ions are spectators.)\n\npH can be determined by either using the normal Ka expression:  Ka = 5.6 x 10^-11 = [H(+)][CO3(2-)]/[HCO3(-)]\n\nor by the Henderson-Hasselbach equation:\npH = pKa + log [CO3(2-)]/[HCO3(-)]
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likely to be due to the osmotic gradient set up due to the high carboydrate concentration in the cytosol.\n\non the other hand, who cares?
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According to the MSDS for KCl,\nits solubility at 0 degrees C is 28.1 g/100 g of water
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The density of blood can vary by a number of variablies, including if yo uare standing or sitting when you do the calculation. However, the average density of human blood  is about 1060 kg/m3. For plasma (no blood cells) alone it is  1025 kg/m3, with the average density of he circulating blood cells  as about 1125 kg/m3.\n\nFor reference, the density of water at human body temperature is approximately 0.9922 kg/m3.
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Salt is not salt.\n\nSea salt contains a higher percentage of Potassium Chloride (KCl) than table salt which is mainly sodium Chloride (NaCl). It is the sodium content of salt that can cause damage if too much is ingested. The sodium content of the body's blood, interstitial and intracellular fluids is the key determinant in the volume of water the body retains.\n\nGenerally the more water the higher your blood pressure.\n\nSubstituting the sodium with potassium helps to lower the associated risks of excess salt intake.\n\nHowever excess potassium ingestion hasw problems of its own including dysfuntioning of electrically active cells (heart, nerves, muscles). But the concentrations needed are quite high.
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Watch out!  Potassium is a very potent electrolyte.  To much potassium or too little potassium (K+) can cause your heart to beat irregularly!  It can be lethal!  You need to talk with your Dr.  They might want to have lab work drawn, you may also be throwing the other electrolytes off balance by taking too much K+. (In order to maintain the cell potential, cells must keep a low concentration of sodium ions and high levels of potassium ions within the cell (intracellular). Outside cells (extracellular), there are high concentrations of sodium and low concentrations of potassium, so diffusion occurs through ion channels in the plasma membrane. In order to keep the appropriate concentrations, the sodium-potassium pump pumps sodium out and potassium in through active transport.) Taking supllements without close monitoring can lead to trouble.  \n As a nurse potassium is dilueted for IV infusion and must be given very slowly.  \nPlease get this checked out by a professional!  It could be dangerous!
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The lab values you have given are not that far off from normal.  Don't jump the gun thinking you have something majorly wrong, talk to your doc!!!