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Updated: Dec 3 2017

Kwashiorkor and Marasmus

  • Kwashiorkor
    • Causes
      • protein deficient diet
    • Symptoms
      • skin lesions
        • "flaky paint" skin, dry peeling skin with confluent areas of hyperkeratosis and hyperpigmentation
      • pitting edema
        • ↓ albumin leads to ↓ oncotic pressure in vasculature and loss of fluid into extravascular space
      • ascities
      • liver malfunction
        • fatty change due to
          • ↓ apolipoprotein synthesis
          • inability to release fatty acids into circulation
          • inability to process incoming lipids
        • liver cannot distribute fatty acids in liver
      • immune defects in:
        • cell-mediated immunity
          • ↓ in complement protein synthesis
        • phagocyte function
        • IgA antibody concentration
        • cytokine production
      • muscle protein relatively unchanged
      • hematologic defects
        • anemia
  • Marasmus
    • Causes
      • protein and caloric deficient diet
    • Symptoms
      • tissue and muscle wasting
        • "broomstick" extremities
        • breakdown of muscle protein for energy
      • loss of subcutaneous fat
      • variable edema
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