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See Latest ArticlesChronic metabolic acidosis may be the cause of cachexia: Body fluid pH correction may be an effective therapy
Medical Hypotheses, 05/06/08
Drochioiu G et al. - The main cause of cachexia is the increased acidity of the body fluids, which results in a higher and non-specific proteolysis of muscle proteins. Moderate hypoxia might be close related to lactic acid production within the whole body, not only in the cancer cells. Anorexia seems to be a consequence, but a cause of cachexia.
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