Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
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Confusion (can progress to stupor or coma) - Hand tremor
- Lightheadedness
- Muscle twitching
- Nausea, vomiting
- Numbness or tingling in the face or extremities
- Prolonged
muscle spasms (tetany)
Signs and tests
An arterial blood gas analysis or basic metabolic panel will confirm alkalosis and determine if it is a respiratory alkalosis or a metabolic alkalosis. Other tests may be needed to determine the cause of the alkalosis. These may include:
- Litmus paper (urine dipstick tests)
Urinalysis Urine pH
Images
Kidneys
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Alkalosis Treatment
Review Date: 11/15/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
