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*Excess of intake of ''kshaara'': Oral administration of kshaara (alkali) is recommended for maintaining blood pH level. Reduction in the pH level of the blood- acidic blood is stated to be the prime cause of many inflammatory and degenerative disorders. However excessive alkalinity is again a trouble shooter with regard to tissue functioning.

*Excess of intake of ''kshaara'': Oral administration of kshaara (alkali) is recommended for maintaining blood pH level. Reduction in the pH level of the blood- acidic blood is stated to be the prime cause of many inflammatory and degenerative disorders. However excessive alkalinity is again a trouble shooter with regard to tissue functioning.

Metabolic alkalosis is an elevated arterial pH an increase in the serum [HCO3-] and an increase in the Pco2 as a result of compensatory alveolar hypoventilation. Major exogenous causes can be detected as

*Metabolic alkalosis is an elevated arterial pH an increase in the serum [HCO3-] and an increase in the Pco2 as a result of compensatory alveolar hypoventilation. Major exogenous causes can be detected as

*Acute alkali administration

**Acute alkali administration

*Milk alkali syndrome

**Milk alkali syndrome

*Vomiting

**Vomiting

*Gastric aspiration

**Gastric aspiration

*Diuretics

**Diuretics

*Tobacco chewing

**Tobacco chewing

The National Institutes of Health reports light-headedness as a common alkalosis symptom, as well as confusion. In extreme cases, such symptoms can worsen to the level of catatonic stupor and even coma. Arthur Greenberg and Alfred K. Cheung's "Primer on Kidney Diseases" states that alkalosis may also cause a predisposition to seizures, and Cichoke's book adds that severe cases can also put victims in a state of shock and could cause death. These symptoms, taken together, are very similar to the range of symptoms caused by hypocalcemia, and in isolated cases the milder symptoms could suggest dozens of different health issues. To be sure that the cause of one or more of these symptoms is an elevated level of alkalinity, blood tests administered by a physician are required.

*The National Institutes of Health reports light-headedness as a common alkalosis symptom, as well as confusion. In extreme cases, such symptoms can worsen to the level of catatonic stupor and even coma. Arthur Greenberg and Alfred K. Cheung's "Primer on Kidney Diseases" states that alkalosis may also cause a predisposition to seizures, and Cichoke's book adds that severe cases can also put victims in a state of shock and could cause death. These symptoms, taken together, are very similar to the range of symptoms caused by hypocalcemia, and in isolated cases the milder symptoms could suggest dozens of different health issues. To be sure that the cause of one or more of these symptoms is an elevated level of alkalinity, blood tests administered by a physician are required.

   

   

The University of Maryland Medical Centre reports nausea and vomiting as another typical alkalosis symptom, but again, these symptoms by themselves cannot lead one to the conclusion that elevated alkalinity is the root cause. Interestingly, prolonged vomiting can also cause alkalosis, according to the National Institutes of Health. Such instances are specified as hypochloremic alkalosis (achlorhydria), brought on by extremely low levels of chloride due to the loss of stomach liquids and other contents.

*The University of Maryland Medical Centre reports nausea and vomiting as another typical alkalosis symptom, but again, these symptoms by themselves cannot lead one to the conclusion that elevated alkalinity is the root cause. Interestingly, prolonged vomiting can also cause alkalosis, according to the National Institutes of Health. Such instances are specified as hypochloremic alkalosis (achlorhydria), brought on by extremely low levels of chloride due to the loss of stomach liquids and other contents.

However it is noteworthy that the alkali consumed orally may not induce the acute effects of metabolic alkalosis. There seems a vivid variation in the features of acute alkalosis and the effects of long term alkali consumption as explained in [[Charak Samhita]].

However it is noteworthy that the alkali consumed orally may not induce the acute effects of metabolic alkalosis. There seems a vivid variation in the features of acute alkalosis and the effects of long term alkali consumption as explained in [[Charak Samhita]].