Metabolic alkalosis is a condition that occurs when your blood becomes overly alkaline. Alkaline is the opposite of acidic.

Our bodies function best when the acidic-alkaline balance of our blood is just slightly tilted toward the alkaline.

Alkalosis occurs when your body has either:

too many alkali-producing bicarbonate ions

too few acid-producing hydrogen ions

Many people don’t experience any symptoms of metabolic alkalosis, so you may not know that you have it.

Metabolic alkalosis is one of the four main types of alkalosis. There are two kinds of metabolic alkalosis:

hloride-responsive alkalosis results from loss of hydrogen ions, usually by vomiting or dehydration.

Chloride-resistant alkalosis results when your body retains too many bicarbonate (alkaline) ions, or when there’s a shift of hydrogen ions from your blood to your cells.

Symptoms of metabolic alkalosis

Metabolic alkalosis may not show any symptoms. People with this type of alkalosis more often complain of the underlying conditions that are causing it. These can include:

Vomiting,   diarrhea,  swelling in the lower legs (peripheral edema), fatigue,   agitation, disorientation,  seizures,  coma,