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Malnutrition and its stages - Coggle Diagram
Malnutrition and its stages
PRIMARY MALNUTRITION (Due to exogenous insufficiency)
Kwashiorkor or wet form, which is caused mainly by a very low protein diet and occurs in early childhood (1 to 3 years)
Marasmus, the main cause of which is starvation due to a diet deficient in both protein and calories (appears in the first 3 years of life).
SECONDARY MALNUTRITION, consecutive to other processes, such as
Absorption disorders
Storage
Increased utilization
Increased excretion or inhibition of utilization
TERCEARIAN MALNUTRITION (Third degree)
Third-degree malnutrition is characterized by the exaggeration of all the symptoms listed in the two previous stages of malnutrition, and the person reaches it because there was no expert hand to guide the organic restitution.
The severity or degree of malnutrition is determined according to the classification given by the WHO, based on the degree of weight loss. degree of weight loss.
Undernutrition grade I, there is a loss of 15 to 25% of weight.
Undernutrition grade II, there is a loss of 25 to 40% of weight.
Malnutrition grade III, there is a loss of more than 40% of weight.
TREATMENT OF MODERATE CASES
OF MALNUTRITION:
Diet: Start with liquid diet, then soft and then a full diet.
then a complete diet.
Infection. If present, specific treatment is given.
These patients are treated on an outpatient basis.
TREATMENTS IN SEVERE CASES:
They are immediately admitted to the Health Center.
Diet: Similar to moderate cases, but according to the child's
according to the route tolerated by the child: cup, spoon, nasogastric or venoclysis.
Rehydration when necessary.
Administration of minerals (iron, magnesium, etc.),
vitamins.
Parasitosis: Specific treatment once detected by laboratory tests.
by laboratory tests.
Signs generally present in malnutrition
Lack of growth
Edema
Muscle atrophy with subcutaneous fat preservation
Irritability.