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What are the effects of Sodium Chloride (Salt) deifiency in mammals including humans?

Answer 1

salt retains water in the body... so its deficiency causes dehydration.. leading to low blood pressure, dizziness, generalized weakness, nausea, vomiting and abdominal cramps etc

Answer 2

There are lots of uses biologically for mammals. First and foremost, your body needs homeostasis, and considering you have a level of salt content that must be maintained in your blood, it is incredibly important.
The sodium and chloride also help create membrane tension, or different charges across a membrane which allows for facilitated and non facilitated (whether it does or does not use ATP (energy) in the process) movement across a membrane. One of the foremost is the Sodium Potassium channels in cells. It is also a concern with synaptic messages (with nerves). It is found in most bodily fluids of mammals, even digestive juices, particularly the Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) in ones stomach.
Salt also is fantastic for curing foods and if you have nothing else, it can be used to temporarily sterilized wound if professional medical help is not possible and cauterization (which isn't a good idea in most cases) is not an option. (that's more of a survival tip . . NOT to be tried for kicks as it can have negative repercussions, like scarring and there are halophiles and facultative halophiles, or microbes that can grow in environments with high levels of salt (facultative not needing salt and just halophiles needing high concentrations of salt)).
Another aspect is sea salt verses table salt. I don't remember the number, but sea salt has over 75 minerals while table salt is purified leaving mainly Sodium and Chlorine behind.
As to medical issues, the water regulation of the body and neurological responses are the main issue with salt deficiency. (It is a big topic with hypertension as well as though there is a lot of contending information on that.
The main points to remember is that water (in most cases as there are always exceptions to rules) "follows" salt and considering you are ~74% water, its very relevant. It is in most of you bodily fluids and helps maintain turgid pressure (helps maintain shape) in cells. (you cell can lyse (in reference to cell lysis or cell death) if too much or little salt and so water is in the cell). This all applies to the Class Mammalia (to my knowledge, I do not know every mammals complete physiology).
Hope this helps.

Answer 3

salt is important in transmission of impulses across a synapse in the nervous system and in generating action potentials. basically without sodium chloride our immune systems could not function because to generate impulses a concentration gradient of sodium chloride must be present in the inter cellular fluid and extra cellular fluid

Answer 4

The human brain depends upon a delicate balance of salt and water in the body to function. Without salt, brain waves have trouble. Salt restricted diets of years ago have now been downsized because it led to brain troubles in patients. Salt is good.

The benefits of salt in the diet far outweigh any trouble.

Answer 5

You would die - that simple, salt is a necessary component in many chemical processes in the body. Check out www.saltinfo.com for more details.

Answer 6

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