Fluid Overload (Hypervolemia)
When you have too much sodium in your body, your body starts retaining water to balance it out. Unfortunately, this water retention can cause new problems throughout your body.
Electrolyte imbalances
Volume deficit (Hypovolemia)
Extra cellular fluid (ECF) volume deficit is the most common fluid volume disorder in the surgical patient. The lost fluid is not water alone, but water and electrolytes in approximately the same proportion as they exist in normal extra cellular fluid.
Hypokalemia and Hyperkalemia
Potassium is the most abundant intracellular cation. 98% of potassium is found intracellular with ¾ of the total body potassium in skeletal muscles. The average daily requirement is 1 mmol/kg.
Hypercalcaemia and Hypocalcaemia
Calcium plays a very important role in the body. It is necessary for normal functioning of nerves, cells, muscle, and bone.Normal serum level is 8.5 to 10 .5 mg/dl
Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia
Sodium is a type of metal that is very reactive. Since it’s so reactive, sodium is never found in free form in nature. Instead, sodium is always found as a salt. The most common dietary form of sodium is sodium chloride.
Body fluids and electrolyte balance
The total body water constitutes 50 – 85% of total body weight depending on age and lean body mass (muscle mass). In regard to this, 55% – 60% of body weight for a 70 Kg young man is water.
All about Bulimia Nervosa
Bulimia nervosa often called bulimia is a disorder which disrupts the ability to maintain a `normal’ eating pattern. Someone with bulimia nervosa becomes increasingly unable to relate normally to food and instead develops a dependency on a chaotic cycle of bingeing and purging