Tag: Blood chemistry

Approximately 70% of your body's iron is found in hemoglobin, an essential protein within red blood cells. What is the goal of hemoglobin? Its primary objective is to deliver life-sustaining oxygen from your lungs to every tissue and organ in your body.

The human body tightly regulates arterial blood pH within a narrow range of 7.35 to 7.45; a deviation below this level is a medical condition known as acidosis and can be life-threatening. But what happens if blood pH is too low and how does this critical imbalance affect bodily functions?