Startling clinical results have been observed by physicians who have used Kalak thoughtfully and sufficiently in the more serious types of acidosis associated with diabetes, nephritis, rheumatism, gout and the acute infections.
The estimation of the ammonia in the urine is of some value in determining the amount of acidosis present, and this can readily be done by the simple chemical method given below.
For a year and a half I used it every day, usually twice a day, without becoming tired of it, and this regimen undoubtedly was the reason why the symptoms of acidosis never reappeared.
Scurvy, beri-beri, and acidosis have been fatal to many expeditions, though these diseases no doubt can be avoided by a judicious selection of provisions that insure acid and base forming nutrition in the right proportion.
Before considering what may be termed the prevailing theories, a few lines must be devoted to the acidosis theory championed by Sir Almroth Wright.
Certain individuals, children especially, develop symptoms of acidosis under many different circumstances; for example, in many cases of malnutrition the evidences of acidosis are almost invariable.
When acidosis becomes extreme, the diabetic patient is apt at any time to succumb to the dreaded diabetic coma.
The acidosis during diabetes has been already discussed in the chapter devoted to that disease.
Cause~ of acidosis is believed to be an impairment of metabolism, especially in regard to the fats.
Thus it is seen that the treatment of diabetes mellitus consists not alone of freeing the urine from sugar and keeping it free, but of controlling the acidosis which may at any time develop.
Acidosis is a condition believed to be due primarily to some impairment in the metabolism of fat in the body, in consequence of which there is an accumulation of substances more or less irritating and at times toxic in character in the blood.
In many cases of acidosis due to starvation, no matter what the cause, the diet must be necessarily regulated and properly balanced.
More exact methods, however, for the determining of the severity of the acidosis will be found in another part of this text, where the test for sugar and the acetone bodies will be explained in detail.
If acidosis is evident, as may be indicated by an excretion of diacetic acid, oxybutyric acid, or acetone in the urine, alkalies may be given.
If the liver cannot take the strain, then death from acute acidosis may follow, or if the neutralizing effect of the liver is only partially lost, then the acidity may cause Bright's disease.
Such patients, as has been repeatedly stated, need starch as soon as possible, lest anacidosis develop.
They confuse acidosis with hunger when most have never experienced real hunger in their entire lives.
Acidosis is usually accompanied by fatigue, blurred vision, and possibly dizziness.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "acidosis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
