Wednesday, November 30, 2011

hypokalemic tetany?

my physio teacher asked a fellow student this interrogate.. n she didnt know the answer.
i searched for it within my guyton. n the only answer i cud find be this:
that in alkalosis .. in that is hypokalemia
n also in alkalosis .. the the ionized calcium ets bound to the plasma proteins n this can produce tetany!. so is this the answer or its something else? if a forgiving has a low potassium rank, involuntary muscle tightening and contractions can occur. potassium is one of the ions responsible for muscle movement. potassium moves contained by and out of the muscle cell to generate an electrical charge to cause the muscle to move. if your potassium rank is low, it interferes with the muscle's flair to function normally.
Hypocalcemia (low calcium levels) is the produce of tetany. In alkalosis caused by hyperventilation (breathing out too much CO2) the symmetry of Hydrogen ion, negatively charged bicarbonate (-HCO3) and positively charged calcium ion will cause commandeering activity not unlike tetany but the produce is reversible if a person rebreaths expelled nouns preserving this balance.
Hypokalemia have nothing to do next to this. It is a word meaning low potassium level in the blood.
Hypo = low
Calcemic = calcium
Kalemic = potassium
tetany (tetanus) = muscular spasms
Hypocalcemic tetany:
"Muscle spasms cause by low calcium in the blood"
(If they expected calcium, the word would be "calcemic", which is a different word.kalemic = potassium)
Hypokalemic tetany:
"Muscle spasms caused by low potassium within the blood"
"Hypoglycemia"
glycemia = sugar
low blood sugar
"Hypothyroidism"
Low thyroid hormone
"Hyponatremia"
Low blood sodium (salt)
Hope that helps

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