where can I find a comprehensive discussion about acid-base and electrolyte imbalance and its related disease?

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Powerpoint presentation
I don't k now about a powerpoint presentation...but I used this website while I was in college. It helped me a lot if you're trying to learn it, but I don't know your purpose.

http://web.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/home.html  (+ info)

are my frequent head rushes caused by an electrolyte imbalance?

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im 14, 5'3, 121lbs, and generally pretty healthy. i went to the doctor's for an electrolyte imbalance like 8 months ago because i was having muscle spasms, dizzyness and blacking out when standing. my electrolytes were fine and so was my blood pressure while sitting and standing.

recently though i've been getting head rushes, when i stand up i get dizzy, i black out for a few seconds, and i have to sit down. then i feel all tingly and have pins and needles.

once while coming inside from 90-something degree day i had this fainting sensation last for a few minutes, my hearing dulled and i blacked out while laying on the couch. i know that electrolytes change from day to day, and maybe it could be an electrolyte imbalance that's doing this?
More than likely it could be an unequalized electrolytes. I have the same condition as you. For example, I sometimes randomly experience pricks and needles on my spine. I sometimes get a heated sensation in my head. The imbalance of it could also complicate to Dehydration. Now dehydration is not always when you are not consuming fluids, however, not consuming electrolytic products/liquids. The doctors dont know what they are informing you. To be completely honest, I experience exactly the same thing you have. When I wakeup in the morning, I will sometimes receive dizziness the moment I get off the bed and a blackout in my eyes that lasts for about 8 seconds. This is not a serious and urgent condition. It is not to worry about, however, consuming fluids is imperative. Most of all, please dont worry I also have this condition. I know it infuriates one who has this. This problem is due to electrolytes but you should consume spefically water or sports drinks. If you go outside remember to fuel yourself with Gatorade, Powerade, and such. At home remember to drink water because it will also equalize the electrolytes if perhaps the electrolytes transcend its specific quantity.  (+ info)

What does a homeostatic imbalance have to do with a person being in a coma?

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What does a homeostatic imbalance have to do with a person being in a coma? And what roles do the negative and positive feedback systems have on a person in a coma?
Much disease results from disturbance of homeostasis, a condition known as homeostatic imbalance. As it ages, every organism will lose efficiency in its control systems. The inefficiencies gradually result in an unstable internal environment that increases the risk for illness. In addition, homeostatic imbalance is also responsible for the physical changes associated with aging. Even more serious than illness and other characteristics of aging, is coma or death. Heart failure has been seen where nominal negative feedback mechanisms become overwhelmed, and destructive positive feedback mechanisms then take over.

Negative feedback mechanisms reduce or suppress the original stimulus, given the effector’s output. Most homeostatic control mechanisms require a negative feedback loop to keep conditions from exceeding tolerable limits. The purpose is to prevent sudden severe changes within a complex organism. There are hundreds of negative feedback mechanisms in the human body. Among the most important regulatory functions are: thermoregulation, osmoregulation, and glucoregulation. The kidneys contribute to homeostasis in four important ways: regulation of blood water levels, reabsorption of substances into the blood, maintenance of salt and ion levels in the blood, and excretion of urea and other wastes.

A negative feedback mechanism example is the typical home heating system. Its thermostat houses a thermometer, the receptor that senses when the temperature is too low. The control center, also housed in the thermostat, senses and responds to the thermometer when the temperature drops below a specified set point. Below that target level, the thermostat sends a message to the effector, the furnace. The furnace then produces heat, which warms the house. Once the thermostat senses a target level of heat has been reached, it will signal the furnace to turn off, thus maintaining a comfortable temperature - not too hot nor cold.

Positive feedback mechanisms are designed to accelerate or enhance the output created by a stimulus that has already been activated. Unlike negative feedback mechanisms that initiate to maintain or regulate physiological functions within a set and narrow range, the positive feedback mechanisms are designed to push levels out of normal ranges. To achieve this purpose, a series of events initiate a cascading process that builds to increase the effect of the stimulus. This process can be beneficial but is rarely used by the body due to risks of the acceleration becoming uncontrollable.

One bodily positive feedback example event is blood platelet accumulation which in turn causes blood clotting in response to a break or tear in the lining of blood vessels. Another example is the release of oxytocin to intensify the contractions that take place during childbirth.

Positive feedback can also be harmful. An example being when you have a fever it causes a positive feedback within homeostasis that pushes the temperature continually higher. Body temperature can reach extremes of 113 degrees, at which cellular proteins stop working and the metabolism stop, ultimately resulting in death.  (+ info)

How common is sex horomone imbalance in women and what are the symptoms?

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Because, I've always had a lot of (mostly minor) problems that are usually associated with sex hormones, I've been wondering for a long time if I might have a sex hormone imbalance. I won't go into the details because I'm not looking for a sample diagnosis, but I want to know more about this topic, so that I can decide if I should get tested or not. What kind of tests should I get to start off, how expensive are they, and will a doctor agree to do the blood tests based on my request alone? Maybe you could show me some websites to look at. I've googled it, but I don't really know what I'm doing.
Women are often mistakenly informed that various health conditions are caused by an imbalance in female hormones. Although a disruption of the natural rhythm and balance of sex hormones can compromise a woman's health, the underlying cause is likely due to stress.

When a woman experiences prolonged stress, pregnenolone, a hormone essential for both coping with stress and producing female hormones, is diverted from the normal hormone pathway. As a result, the production of female hormones is compromised. This condition can cause a multitude of symptoms including irritability, mood swings, headaches, sleeplessness, and weight gain.

Female hormone imbalances are often treated with hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Although HRT can be temporarily effective at eliminating the symptoms of hormone imbalances, it does not address the probable root cause: stress. Before a woman begins hormone therapy, it is necessary to assess whether her hormones are reacting to factors that are internal or external.

BioHealth Diagnostics offers an easy-to-use saliva test that can determine whether or not stress is the cause of female hormone imbalance.

BioHealth also offers comprehensive female hormone testing for both pre- and post-menopausal women. Like the stress test, these laboratory assessments utilize saliva samples, and can be performed in the comfort and privacy of your home.  (+ info)

What causes the imbalance of serotonin in Schizophrenic patients?

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And please don't say "It's genetic." Any cause of a thing can be considered "genetic." I'm talking about any real physiological causes that causes the imbalance to occur.
Schizophrenia in most cases is caused by a niacin (vitamin B3) deficiency.

Schizophrenia and niacin treatment:
Dr Hoffer treated the sister of Alan Spreen, MD. According to Spreen, Dr. Hoffer treated his sister, a schizophrenic who had been written off and permanently institutionalized. Her parents were told she’d never be a useful, productive member of society. After being treated by Dr. Hoffer, she ended up graduating law school and passing the bar.

http://www.doctoryourself.com/review_hoffer_B3.html  (+ info)

What is the long term effect of having a hormonal imbalance?

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I have been diagnosed to have a hormonal imbalance because I'm experiencing heavy periods. I had a nodule removed from my thyroid before and have regular blood tests for my thyroid but it's usually normal. My doctor advised me to take contraceptive pills but I've tried a number of brands but they mostly cause me headaches so I chose to stop taking it, that is, choosing heavy periods over headache.I just want to know the long term effect if I'll let it be.
No can give you anything other than a possible long term effect. That's because each of us is different. So the only long-term effects that can possibly count for you are the ones that you alone will experience.

Yout should discuss all of this with your doctor.  (+ info)

what do doctors do to treat a hormone imbalance for hair growth?

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i think i might have a hormone imbalance, im 16 and i have alot of excess hair growth. i wax it but it's just time consuming. my legs never feel smooth when i shave them even with a new razor and i hv a hairy belly and toes.
what will the doctor do to check for a hormone imbalance and what will they treat it with? would they treat me with pills?
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How do i treat chemical imbalance in my brain?

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The chemical imbalance in my brain is causing body chemistry. I feel weak all the time, i have eye floaters, buzzing in my years, my hair is thinning and falling out and my eye sight is getting worse. I also have a dream-like feeling, and feeling of self detatchment.
See your doctor.

Not knowing your age, your symptoms could be of a normal slightly malnourished middle aged person. Living things go through cycles of blood toxicity and nourishment and cleaning. Thinning hair is a natural aging process caused by testosterone byproduct build up in the scalp. Maccular degeneration in the eye is not especially unexpected, check the health section in a pharmacy for eye vitamins. If you are a little malnourished 'eye floaters' and the buzzing in the ears could be an encroaching opportunistic microbe (they are permanently resident in all humans).

To detoxify sweat the stuff out, get exercise and add some vitamin C to your diet, especially before a sauna sweat session (have with you a high vitamin C concentration with water or gatorade). It feels good for me. Personally I don't like the taste of gatorade.

study: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Maslow

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/erikson.html  (+ info)

How do doctors treat a hormonal imbalance?

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Have you been diagnosed with a hormonal imbalance? What were your symptoms? How are you being treated for it? Has it helped?
when the cysts cause a hormonal imbalance, a pattern of symptoms may develop. This pattern of symptoms is called a syndrome. These symptoms are the difference between suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome and from polycystic ovaries.

So you can have polycystic ovaries without having PCOS. However, nearly all women with PCOS will have polycystic ovaries. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is the name given to a metabolic condition in which a woman will have polycystic ovaries, along with a certain pattern of other symptoms that reflect imbalances in reproductive and other hormones.  (+ info)

What is the difference between a chemical imbalance and depression?

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I went to the doctor about what I thought was depression, and he said he is quite sure it is a chemical imbalance, what is the difference?
well often times, the term depression is thrown around and can refer to a down or low mood that is not clinically significant and other times, it can refer to a low mood or other mood disturbance that is checmically signficant.

all clincially signifcant mood disorders are chemical imbalances where the brain seems to release way too much of some neurotransmitters like seretonin and others which can lead to depressed mood, mania, hearing voices or whatever expression of chemical imbalanced illness one has.

I'm not sure why he did not say he felt it's depression which he felt was a chemical imbalance but whatever the case, maybe he was trying to indicate that it wasnt just simple blue mood depression that people sometimes have and that it's something that people really suffer from...  (+ info)

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