Torticollis Symptoms In Children. Unlike other diseases or medical conditions that arenât very obvious, torticollis has outward symptoms that are hard to miss. Here are the symptoms you should look out for, to diagnose in a torticollis child. The childâs head is visibly tilted to one side. There is stiffness in the neck, accompanied by pain when your child tries to move his neck. A headache is also a symptom, although not all children complain of it. Swelling in the neck muscles.
â¦ First line of defense against acid or base additions to body fluids â All body fluids contain acid-alkaline buffers. These buffers are chemicals that readily combine with an acid (or base) that function to prevent drastic changes in the pH of a body fluid when a strong acid (or base) is added.
One of the major ways in which large changes in H+ concentration are prevented is by buffering. The body buffers which are primarily weak acids, are able to take up or release H+ so that changes in the free H+ concentration are minimized. Buffers are located in the extracellular fluid (ECF), intracellular fluid and bone. The most important buffer in the ECF and the body is HCO3- (bicarbonate) which combines with excess H+ ions to form carbonic acid. Take for instance an acid load of H2SO4 produced via metabolism of methionine: H2SO4 + 2NaHCO3 â NA2SO4 + 2H2CO3 â2CO2 + 2H2O + NA2SO4.