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If you consume a lot of sodium bicarbonate, then it can cause stomach cramps, gas, upset stomach, vomiting, frequent urination, loss of appetite, and blood in the urine, feces, (Sodium Bicarbonate, 2006) headache, nausea or irritability. A man named William Graves mixed baking soda with water for indigestion after eating a big meal then he got a rupture through his stomach's wall. The emergency saved his life and after that he still needed 6 more operations to fix his stomach. The side effects of sodium bicarbonate are metabolic alkalosis, edema, congestive heart failure hyperosmolar syndrome, hypervolemic hypernatremia and hypertension.
If people eat a lot of calcium or calcium-containing antacids like calcium carbonate consume sodium bicarbonate, it can cause milk-alkali syndrome. Milk-alkali syndrome can cause metastatic calcification, kidney stones and kidney failure. More sodium bicarbonate than the capacity of your kidneys can remove may cause metabolic alkalosis. The capacity of sodium bicarbonate is reduced when there is a reduction in filtered bicarbonate (Sircus, 2010). "Metabolic alkalosis is the most common acid-base disturbance observed in hospitalized patients, accounting for approximately 50% of all acid-base disorders" ("Sircus," 2010, para.7).
If you are allergic to baking powder, you can use ammonia, distilled vinegar, mild detergent, chlorine bleach or oxygen bleach to clean your household (Cornell University, n.d).
If you consume a lot of sodium bicarbonate, then it can cause stomach cramps, gas, upset stomach, vomiting, frequent urination, loss of appetite, and blood in the urine, feces, (Sodium Bicarbonate, 2006) headache, nausea or irritability. A man named William Graves mixed baking soda with water for indigestion after eating a big meal then he got a rupture through his stomach's wall. The emergency saved his life and after that he still needed 6 more operations to fix his stomach. The side effects of sodium bicarbonate are metabolic alkalosis, edema, congestive heart failure hyperosmolar syndrome, hypervolemic hypernatremia and hypertension.
If people eat a lot of calcium or calcium-containing antacids like calcium carbonate consume sodium bicarbonate, it can cause milk-alkali syndrome. Milk-alkali syndrome can cause metastatic calcification, kidney stones and kidney failure. More sodium bicarbonate than the capacity of your kidneys can remove may cause metabolic alkalosis. The capacity of sodium bicarbonate is reduced when there is a reduction in filtered bicarbonate (Sircus, 2010). "Metabolic alkalosis is the most common acid-base disturbance observed in hospitalized patients, accounting for approximately 50% of all acid-base disorders" ("Sircus," 2010, para.7).
If you are allergic to baking powder, you can use ammonia, distilled vinegar, mild detergent, chlorine bleach or oxygen bleach to clean your household (Cornell University, n.d).