If children have too little protein in their diet, this may cause a disease in which excess tissue fluid collects in the abdomen. What accounts for the build-up of excess tissue fluid in this disease?
- AA shortage of plasma proteins decreases blood water potential; less tissue fluid returns to the blood.
- BA shortage of plasma proteins increases blood water potential; less tissue fluid returns to the blood.
- CA shortage of protein in the diet causes weak cardiac muscle, reducing hydrostatic pressure.
- DA shortage of protein in the tissue fluid decreases its water potential; more water leaves the blood.