Renal Tubular Acidosis?
My 10 month old is a "failure to thrive", but now it looks like they might have an answer. Her bicarbonate keeps coming back low. The specialist suspects it's renal tubular acidosis. Anyone out there have any experience with this? I have searched everything, but am having trouble grasping exactly what it is and what needs to be done. She mentioned med that is like adding baking soda to her food.
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Our blood needs to be kept within certain limits of acidity, too much acid and there's a problem and too little there is a problem.
The acid balance in the blood is done, on the whole, by the lungs and the kidneys. The renal tubular acidosis you say is an issue with the kidneys. It's important to remember though this is not an actual disease as such, but a sign of some other underlying problem they will try to find.
But for now it's best to simply treat the condition.That's where the baking soda could come in. The kidney's keep the blood acid levels in range with a series of chemical reactions, several of which use sodium bicarbonate (the chemical name for baking soda). In the simplest reaction the bicarbonate reacts with the acid to make carbon dioxide and water (which we remove in the pee).
So increasing your kids intake of bicarbonate might well help the failure to thrive by keeping the acid levels in normal ranges. Hope that helped! (
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Renal tubular acidosis?
Hi, has anyone has, or know about someone with renal tubular acidosis. In my husbands`s family there is a history about this condition. Apperently the sign of it is that the child is not growing properly. My 2 and a half year old is growing fine, but she is still quite small for her age. Very bony, skinny little girl, everyone says she is petite(me and my husband are on the smaller side too). Over the Holidays I just saw my husband 2 little cousins, and they both has been diagnosed with Renal tubular acidosis and Metabolic Acidosis as well. They suggested to have my daughter checked out, since there is another family memeber who has this condition. Since they are from South America, I can`t communicate with these family too well to ask questions about it. They got me scared a lot. Do you have any suggestions?
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Yeah, take her to a doctor, explain the history and have her tested! Esp since it runs in your family, you need to know so treatment can start if the test comes up positive, and if not, then you can be can have peace of mind to know that she doesn't have it. Take your head out of the sand, take your daughter to a doctors office and have her tested. (
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What is renal tubular acidosis?
Complete/Incomplete?
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What is Renal Tubular Acidosis Type 1?
Ok I am a 32 yr old female, 2 months ago I found out I have Medulary Sponge Kidney (MSK) & Interstitial Cystitis (IC). So the dr had me do a 24 hr urine catch, well today she calls and informs me that I also have Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) Type 1. Now I have no idea what this is if anyone can help I would really appreciate it.. Also with having the MSK & IC will it effect the RTA???? HELP PLEASE!!!!
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I don't know. I'm sorry. Here's a great resource for the MSK. It's been causing me a lot of pain lately. Hope you're ok. http://groups.msn.com/medullaryspongekidney
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where can i pictures of renal tubular acidosis?
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has anyone ever heard of Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis?
I have a 20 month old daughter who was diagnosed with this very rare condition when she was just 12 months old,she went through hell for 3 month straight,she was in the hospital for 2 out of 3 months,she lost a major amount of weight,she went from a normal 11 month old baby from crawling,babbling,etc to a rag doll,she spent her first b-day in the hospital, the doctors did so many tests that I lost count,they took blood from every vain in her tiny body.Her doctor told me that this is the first case he's ever seen and there are only 14 other known cases in USA.They put her on Sodium Bicarbinate to control it.but Now now here we are 9 months later and her blood work is still coming back the same,however she is walking,talking,learning and doing everything normal for her age,if this is what she has then why is she doing so well even if her blood work is identical to the first time she was tested.ANY input will help,THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
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well if you say ANY input... hope she gets well... (
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Has anyone ever heard of Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis?
I have a 20 month old daughter who was diagnosed with this very rare condition when she was just 12 months old,she went through hell for 3 month straight,she was in the hospital for 2 out of 3 months,she lost a major amount of weight,she went from a normal 11 month old baby from crawling,babbling,etc to a rag doll,she spent her first b-day in the hospital, the doctors did so many tests that I lost count,they took blood from every vain in her tiny body.Her doctor told me that this is the first case he's ever seen and there are only 14 other known cases in USA.They put her on Sodium Bicarbinate to control it.but Now now here we are 9 months later and her blood work is still coming back the same,however she is walking,talking,learning and doing everything normal for her age,if this is what she has then why is she doing so well even if her blood work is identical to the first time she was tested.ANY input will help,THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!
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i want to say that by them catching it early on and prescribing the sodium solution that it helped control the situation and helped prevent further damage. I was reading up on it on the website below;
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000493.htm (
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What is metabolic acidosis in chronic renal failure due to?
Hi, is the metabolic acidosis in chronic renal failure is due by pH level ?
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It is due to increased production of H+ by the body or the inability of the body to form bicarbonate (HCO3-) in the kidney, thus, leading to acidemia. Blood pH is low (less than 7.35)
Arterial blood gas (ABG) sampling is essential for the diagnosis.
Med study... (
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How does the renal system compensate for respiratory acidosis?
Respiratory acidosis is a metabolic state often seen in COPD'ers. Patients with COPD are unable to properly secrete CO2 from their blood, and in exchange, they become acidotic due to the build up of hydrogen ions. Patients with renal failure are also prone to acidosis due to the damage in their kidneys.
The kidneys are the body's main source of bicarb (HCO3) which helps to compensate (counteract) the effects of CO2. When a decrease in pH is detected, the kidneys begin to retain bicarb to compensate for the excess hydrogen ions in the blood. Unfortunately, compensation is a slow process and can often take several days.
The pH level of the blood is maintained between 7.35 and 7.45. Levels below 7.35 are considered acidotic.
CO2 (the body's "acid") ranges from 35 to 45. Levels above 45 are considered acidotic.
HCO3 (the body's "base") ranges from 22-26. Too little base results in an acidotic state. Therefore, levels below 22 are considered acidotic.
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explain how the respiratory and renal system's compensates for metabolic acidosis and alkalosis?
MMB has it wrong.
When your metabolic system is acidic, the natural response of your respiratory system is to increase your breathing rate. Hyperventilating will blow off CO2 which will raise the pH level in your blood.
To a certain extent the reverse is true with alkalosis.
However, change in the respiratory system is really more of a temporary stop-gap measure employed by the body while it tries to use other means to reset your pH to the normal level of around 7.40 (
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