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Kwashiorkor (Protein starvation)

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Sort Desciption: Kwashiorkor (Protein starvation). SYMPTOMS: Retarded growth, changes in skin and hair, diarrhea, loss of appetite, edema, and nervous irritability. ...

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SYMPTOMS: Retarded growth, changes in skin and hair, diarrhea, loss of appetite, edema, and nervous irritability.

CAUSES: Kwashiorkor (kwash-uh-OR'-kor) is a serious nutritional disease. Adequate carbohydrates are provided, but not enough protein.

This condition generally occurs in children between the ages of one and five, who have been weaned from milk to a diet primarily of starches and sugars.

Low blood protein levels cannot hold water in the blood vessels so it goes into the cells, producing a distended, bloated belly and edema.

There are 22 amino acids which children need, and 20 which adults need. Complete protein meals should be the objective.

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