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Why might excessive vomiting cause particular acid-base disturbance?

juliabreslin

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11 years ago

Why might excessive vomiting cause particular acid-base disturbance?

I know it's related to the loss of gastric juice but Idk how it affects the acid-base imbalance.

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lex6909

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11 years ago

Gastric juice is a large source of acid in your body. Thus letting most of it out of your system is going to cause your body to lose a lot of acid.

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