Metabolic acidosis

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Metabolic acidosis is a serious electrolyte disorder characterized by an imbalance in the body's acid-base balance. Metabolic acidosis has three main root causes: increased acid production, loss of bicarbonate, and a reduced ability of the kidneys to excrete excess acids.

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Image: Jimmy Martenson. Frame limits and equations based off of similar figures in Horace W. Davenport. The ABC of Acid-Base Chemistry: The Elements of Physiological Blood-Gas Chemistry for Medical Students and Physicians. Sixth Edition. The University of Chicago Press. 1974., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.