• Question: what would happen if we didnt have sodium in our bodies?

    Asked by knit45zip to Souvik, Sabine, Maria, John on 11 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by exit45zip.
    • Photo: Souvik Kundu

      Souvik Kundu answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      The extreme loss of sodium can trigger symptoms ranging from muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dizziness to shock, coma, and death. So we can’t survive without sodium.

    • Photo: Maria McNamara

      Maria McNamara answered on 19 Nov 2019:

      From headaches through to heart attack if untreated. Sodium is critical to maintaining the normal electrolyte balance in blood and our cytosol (the liquid surrounding our cells).

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