What are the consequences/effects of not having enough or too much sodium and ammonia in your urine?

Question

I have a project and I need to know what are the consequences/effects/conditions that you can develop from having too much or too little concentraion of sodium and urine...

Please let me know ASAP!! Thanksss!!

Answer 1

Sodium and ammonia in the urine doesn't really matter, but it is correlated to something that does matter, sodium and ammonia in the blood.

Ammonia is toxic, it is the product of the breakdown of proteins. It is usually converted to the safe compound urea before it is excreted in the urine. If there is a high concentration of ammonia in the urine, chances are there is a high conc. in the blood. This drastically raises blood pH and is very damaging to you organs.

Hyponatremia is the condition where blood sodium concentration is low. The major symptom is swelling of the brain, which is fatal. This usually occurs with marathon runners who drink lots of water and dilute the sodium in the blood. During physical activity the body conserves water, and salts as well, but not as effectively. This results in a more salty urine (higher conc. sodium in the urine) and decreased salt conc. in the blood. If you drink a lot of water you build a great osmotic pressure between your blood and tissues. Water rushes into your tissues and they swell. Very deadly.