Talk:Alkalosis

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Compensatory Mechanism?[edit]

Compensatory mechanisms for this would include increased dissociation of the carbonic acid buffering intermediate into hydrogen ions, and the related consumption of bicarbonate, both of which would raise blood pH.

If this is a compensatory mechanism would it not lower the pH to return it to normal? --Brendtron5000 (talk) 17:35, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes... you are definitely correct. I hadn't noticed that before. heh. --Rcej (talk) 23:47, 21 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not a native english speaker, so maybe I'm wrong about this, but the statement seems inherently ambiguous to me. How would one decide whether "both of which" refers to carbonic acid and bicarbonate, or to the increased dissociation and the related consumption? Ssscienccce (talk) 10:28, 30 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So is this what happens to people that try to eat a bunch of baking soda to cure cancer? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.129.193.97 (talk) 14:37, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]