Chloride-imbalance

What is chloride-imbalance?

Chloride-imbalance refers to both Hypochloremia and hyperchloremia. Hypochloremia occurs due to deficient serum level of the anion chloride. and hyperchloremia occurs because of an excessive serum chloride level. Chloride is useful for digestion and activation of enzymes because it provides acid medium conducive and it also maintain acid-base and body water balances. It may cause to some symptoms like confusion, bone disorders, muscle spasm, weakness etc.

Causes of chloride-imbalance

• decreased chloride or low dietary sodium intake or absorption, prolonged use of mercurial diuretics may cause to the chloride-imbalance.
• it may occur because of excessive chloride loss, resulting from prolonged diarrhea or diaphoresis.
• extra chloride intake or absorption allowing reabsorption of chloride by the bowel may be responsible for chloride imbalance.
• hemoconcentration which is caused by dehydration.
• compensatory mechanisms for other metabolic abnormalities may cause to the chloride imbalance.

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