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I'm not a medic & this is a medical question so I'm treading carefully on the basis of "...first do no harm"

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Googled info to be taken with a pinch of salt (kind of a pun as you'll see if you know a bit of chemistry):

Blood pH: The bloodstream is the most critically buffered system of the entire body, far more sensitive than any other. Arterial and venous blood must maintain a slightly alkaline pH:

Arterial blood pH = 7.41

Venous blood pH = 7.36

A person is considered to have acidosis when the pH of blood falls below 7.41 and to have alkalosis when the pH rises above 7.41

[I believe this info is slightly incorrect because acidosis refers to a low pH in tissue & acidemia refers to a low pH in the blood. Also the pH value where the line is drawn depends on where in the body system you are measuring]

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Here is the wiki info on acidosis ~ see the section on causes. I can't assess the truth of the information I've provided.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_acidosis

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Michael

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