P5 Explain Dysfunction In Relation To Water Balance And Its Possible Treatments

The patient in “The Red Hat Hikers” scenario is suffering from hyponatremia. Hyponatremia is defined as a serum sodium level of less than 136mEq/L. Sodium is an electrolyte that is found predominately in the extracellular fluid, and it is the chief regulator of water in the body. Sodium is also important for muscle contraction, nerve impulses, acid-base balance and chemical reactions that occur inside the cell (McCance & Huether, 2014). Normal sodium levels in the body are maintained by the kidneys and the hormone aldosterone. Aldosterone is secreted by the adrenal cortex at the completion of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, and it helps stimulate the proximal tubules of the kidneys to reabsorb sodium and water. The anti-diuretic hormone (ADH) also indirectly affects sodium levels because it regulates water balance in the body (McCance & Huether, 2014).

The two physiological disorders I will be talking about in this assignment is hypertension and Diabetes.

Explain dysfunction in relation to water balance and its possible treatments (P5) & Discuss dysfunction in relation to water balance and its possible treatments (M3)

Fluid and electrolyte balance is vital to maintain homeostasis. Often time we felt to acknowledge the importance of maintaining and teaching about the impotance of fluid and electrolyte in the body. Without proper management of electrolyte in the body it will run out of fuel. Which will result in fluid and electrolyte imbalance. As a nurse it is our duty to educate people about how to prevent, recognize and manage a change in fluid and electrolyte imbalance.

Without maintenance of fluids the body becomes in water crisis that leads to weakening of body cells.

How the body achieves homeostasis of the internal fluid environment through excretion of waste products of metabolism.

Previous studies found that water ingestion improved haemodynamic responses to gravitational stress serving as therapeutic relief against hypotension that can be debilitating for most patients. We hypothesized due to the fact that vitamin water is hypotonic in nature like water then it is likely to illicit the OPR to fuel inadequate sympathetic drive and help with symptoms like dizziness upon standing. However the effect of 500ml of water and vitamin water from the current study did not entirely agree with the effect of water seen in patients with baroreflex dysfunction or autonomic failure patients from previous investigations. 500ml of vitamin water had consistently shown a lack of significant difference in blood

The study involved 34 men and women aged 18-75 years old. They were each classified by renal function:

The subjects were instructed to fast five hours prior to the experiment and were allowed to drink only eight ounces of water if necessary (Manuguid et al., 2015). Avoiding food or drink rendered the subjects in a similar physiological state at the start of the experiment. This is important because the consumption of food or drink shortly before the experiment may affect the volume and composition of the urine voided, which would have affected the results. If a subject had ingested a considerable amount of fluid an hour before the experiment, their urine volume for their first void could have been greater than expected. The amount of liquid the subjects ingested depended on their body weight. As a result, the amounts of liquid ingested varied within the drinking groups. At T0, the subjects were in a state of

Homeostasis is the process through which the concentration of water in the body is regulated. Besides oxygen, water is probably the most necessary substance for human life---yet too much, or too little can be fatal. Both the nervous and endocrine systems are responsible for regulating the body’s water supplies, with the nervous system carrying the messages to and from the brain and other organs, and the endocrine system producing the hormones and secretions that carry these stimulate the processes that control the body’s water balance.

Homeostasis is your body’s way of maintaining an internal balance through co-ordination of body systems, despite external and internal environmental changes. Stimulus- response is when the senses (taste, sight, etc) allow organisms to gather information about what’s happening in its environment. Once a sense is stimulated, a message is sent to the central nervous system to a part of the body which will do something. The endocrine and nervous system coordinate and control the body’s response to things. Negative feedback is a reaction that causes a decrease in functioning. Our investigation is to exercise and see if anything increases and how homeostasis works under stress. The investigation relates to the previous ideas because it is about homeostasis

This document aims to explain the function of the acid-base equilibrium in place in the human body and to identify potential problems that may occur. Theses processes are tightly linked with the control of fluid levels in the body, this relationship and the function of the water homeostasis system will also be explored. The aim of this write up is to display a full understanding of the learning objectives developed in the PBL session. However by adhering to the original learning objectives it would be difficult to develop a clear structure for this write up as they do not seem clearly defined. They cover areas multiple times and are structurally unsound. Therefore in this write up the following structure will be used:

From the anatomical aspect, there are four systems in the human body performing excretory functions by removing waste products; however, only the urinary system has a significant effect on an individual’s health and quality of life by finally not only adjusting water and ions balance to required standards of homeostasis but also, performing work assemble by all parts of urinary tract in order for normal maturation to occur. The urinary system or renal system consists of following structures such as two kidneys left is higher by 1.5-2 cm then the right and perform filtering the blood (Watt, 2014). Microscopic units of

The purpose of the experiment is to test the fluid balance in the body, by studying the osmotic regulation in the kidney (Manuguid, et al., 2015) Also, test the changes in urine pH, urine flow rate and specific density among non-drinking and drinking groups.

Human body contains more than 50 percent of water present in the form of body fluid and cellular fluid. Because our body contains water and eliminates waste materials through water excretion, we need to drink adequate quantity of water in order replenish the water percentage in our body. A dehydrated body will not be able to perform the vital functions.