An infant has pylorospasm, weakness, hypodynamia, convulsions as a result of frequent vomiting. What kind of acid-base disbalance is it?

Answer options

1. Metabolic acidosis
2. Excretory alkalosis
3. Excretory acidosis
4. Exogenous nongaseous acidosis
5. Gaseous alkalosis

Explanation

An infant has pylorospasm, weakness, hypodynamia, convulsions as a result of frequent vomiting. What kind of acid-base disbalance is it?In metabolic or excretory alkalosis, the main sign is vomiting (or other forms of excretion like sweating/dehydration), which leads to a loss in hydrogen ions which further leads to weakness, pylorospasm, photodynamic, etc….