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Severe diarrhoea causes a decrease in

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 Severe diarrhoea causes a decrease in.

  1. Body potassium.
  2. Body sodium.
  3. Extracellular fluid volume.
  4. Total peripheral resistance.
  5. Blood pH.
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A. True Due to loss of secretions rich in potassium.

B. True Sodium is the main cation lost in diarrhoea.

C. True Body sodium is the ‘skeleton’ of extracellular fluid volume.

D. False This is raised to maintain arterial blood pressure as plasma volume falls.

E. True Loss of intestinal bicarbonate causes metabolic acidosis.

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