Naturally present in the blood, chlorine enters the body’s hydration mechanisms and has a role in digestion. Some people are missing, others have too much. What does a rate higher or lower than normal values mean?
Naturally bloodchlorine enters the mechanisms hydration of the body and has a role in digestion. A blood analysis of chlorine can be prescribed as part of a control assessment. What are the normal values? What does a rate too high or too low?
Definition: What is blood chlorine?
Chlorine is a chemical element present in the body and its blood rate is called “chlorinemia“, varying in general between 95 and 107 mmol. It enters mechanisms ofhydration of the body and has a role in digestion. Brought to the body by diet, it is found in cooking salt, as in all foods naturally rich in sodium such as cold meats, cheeses, olives, smoked fish, anchovies and bread. The variations in chlorinemia are not very disturbing, but their cause must be sought and treated.
What is the role of chlorine?
Chlorine is in the extracellular liquids of our body. Very often associated with sodium and potassium, It allows the water to be distributed in our body and control osmotic pressure (balance between extracellular and intracellular liquids). Involved in pH regulation, it is essential for the good maintenance of acid-base balance. Finally, Chlorine participates in the manufacture of gastric juices which makes it useful for digestion. “The dosage of blood chlorine is intimately linked to that of the sodium on which it depends” explains Dr. Véronique Labbe, general practitioner in Paris.
What are the normal values of chlorine?
“The dosage is carried out as part of a blood ionogram and essentially makes it possible to measure the body’s hydration rate “ explains our interlocutor. A blood analysis of chlorine is prescribed as part of a control assessment. For men, women and children, the normal value of the blood chlorine rate is the same. She must be Between 100 and 110 mmol/l.
What does a too low chlorine rate mean?
When the chlorine rate is below normal values, we speak hypochlorinemia. This is rarely a deficiency in contributions, but often the consequence of a dysfunction, a pathology or a treatment: Diarrhea, prolonged vomiting, excessive sweating, taking of diuretics, renal failure. The first symptoms of hypochloremia are fatigue, muscle cramps, agitation, tetania and heart rate disorders.
What does a chlorine rate too high?
This rate increases in very rare cases. Indeed, when the body contains too much chlorine (hyperchlorinemia), it is normally eliminated by the urine. When certain dysfunctions cause a hyperchlorinemiathe first symptoms are rapid and deep breathing, muscle weakness, vomiting and destruction of the intestinal flora.
Thank you to Dr Véronique Labbe, general practitioner in Paris.
