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Classroom classification

百科

Kwashiorkor

营养科

Common symptoms

氮负平衡、小胃综合征、鼻粘膜肿胀、结痂、腮腺肿胀、足背部肿胀

The pathology of disease

Kwashiorkor is protein-energy malnutrition with edema; children; weaning; skin/hair changes; rehabilitation feeding; nutrition; pediatrics.

Symptoms

Edema; skin/hair changes; child; weaning; poor diet; rehabilitation feeding

Causes

Protein deficiency; weaning; poverty; kwashiorkor; PEM.

Treatment

Rehabilitation feeding (F-75/F-100); micronutrients; treat infection; nutrition/pediatrics

Dept

Pediatrics / nutrition.

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