what happens if sodium channels in the body are blocked?
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You would die.  Your neurons don’t exactly work very well without the sodium channels working.  Tetrodotoxin from the puffer fish is a nice example of what happens to ya when your sodium channels are blocked.
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It should be done in a hospital setting, your brain has adapted to the high sodium levels, but they do need to be decreased back to normal range (130-140), but slowly. the docs accoomplish this by giving you IV fluids that are a bit hyponatremic, and they monitor your sodium level constatly. If there's absolutely no way to get you into the hospital, keep eating, and drink water with a bit of salt
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Sodium can cause the body to retain water.If your kidneys can't eliminate enough sodium, the sodium starts to accumulate in your blood. Because sodium attracts and holds water, your blood volume increases. Increased blood volume, in turn, makes your heart work harder to move more blood through your blood vessels, increasing pressure in your arteries. Certain diseases such as congestive heart failure, cirrhosis and chronic kidney disease can lead to an inability to regulate sodium.\n\nYour body needs some sodium to function properly. \nIt helps maintain the right balance of fluids in your body \nAssists in transmission of nerve impulses \nIt influences the contraction and relaxation of muscles
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Salt. Your body cant process it in large quantities and it will end up poisoning you
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No but you can get hyponatremia.  That's when your sodium and water balance is off.  It's just the opposite of dehydration.  Too much water not enough sodium.  It can kill you just like deydration can.  It most often occurs in marathon runners, but I suppose if you really tried you too could get it.
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Didn't you just fall off the table and hit your lip and asked for a remedy for a fat lip. Now your asking about back spasms.  I think you should go to the doctors and have yourself checked over. They might be able to help with your back.  I know that if don't have enough salt in your daily diet and you are not drinking enough water, you can develop cramps.
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Your heart has signals that travel to it telling it when to beat.  The things that signal are called nerves, which you probably know, but I am going to explain how I look at it.  The nerves have high  sodium (Na+) on the outside (making it positive).  On the inside of the nerve axon, there are high levels of potassium (K+) (making it negative).  The "inside" and "outside" are seperated by a membrane which has gates and channels that allow the K+ to move out and the Na+ to move in.  When the "charge" changes enough in the axon of the nerve, you get a signal sent "down the line".   If you are low in K+, the signals can't work right because enough K+ doesn't move in/Na+ doesn't move out to cause a signal or signals at the wrong time.  Your heart gets out of sync and things get all messed up, arrhythmias and such.
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YOu might get a little bloated if you don't sweat it out. That stuff has a high sodium content.
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when you choke your airways become blocked and you can no longer breathe
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there is a lot of sodium on them so you will retain water and feel bloated. also you will be hungray again soon because you haven't eaten any protein or complex carbs.
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Cf is a genetic disorder affecting the CFTR gene. Causes a fault in trans-membrane conductance. Chlorine is not excreted from the cells correctly, this causes sodium to be absorbed, water follows the sodium due to osmosis.\nThe result is the bodies mucus becomes too sticky. This has serious multi organ effects. For example the lugs become congested and bacterial infections occur.
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For individuals who are sodium-sensitive, an increased intake of sodium may contribute to high blood pressure . Therefore, people with high blood pressure may be advised to reduce sodium intake; all patients with high blood pressure should discuss this issue with their doctor. Reducing sodium can also reduce the side effects from certain prescription medications.\n\nIn addition, sodium may lead to fluid retention in patients with congestive heart failure , cirrhosis , or kidney disease . These patients should be on strict sodium-restricted diets as prescribed by their doctor.
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the doctors have to cut nerves when cutting into your body...it could be your nerves rejenerating.  had your arm been a little numb in that area prviously?  or it could be an allergic reaction to meds.  call your physician's office.  if it's an allergic reaction you will need to stop the med immediatly before it's severe and your throat swells shut. (Not to be graphic or scary, But denial is death)  Better safe than sorry.
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Overdosage of table salt would create osmosis in the cells, resulting severe dehydration. If there is no water intake, hypernatremia may occur in less than 48 hours resulting brain edema or a coma which will eventually cause death.
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When muscles are stimulated, sodium flows into muscle cells & then potassium flows out. The muscle cell then has a pump (called the Na+-K+ ATPase) that is in charge of pumping the sodium back out of the cell and the potassium back in. During heavy exercise, this pump cannot keep up - so too much potassium ends up outside the cell. This is hyperkalemia.
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B because if potassium was not able to leak out and only half as much sodium were able to leak in, there would be a smaller potential difference on the nerve membrane
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Blockage of the heart!! ???? :S\n\nwhen you get a blood cloth and it stops the blood from pumping further.. ..