Symptoms & Signs
* Confusion (can progress to stupor or coma)
* Hand tremor
* Light-headedness
* Muscle twitching
* Nausea, vomiting
* Numbness or tingling in the face or extremities
* Prolonged muscle spasms (tetany)
Diagnosis & 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
Alkalosis: Overview, Causes
Alkalosis: Symtoms & Signs, Diagnosis & Tests
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.
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.
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