Kwashiorkor slides in English. Kwashiorkor is a disease caused to malnutrition esp in 3rd world countries. Kwashiorkor is more common in famine-affected countries of the African continent.Kwashiorkor is more common in children and major clinical indications of Kwashiorkor is the development of edema and wastage to muscles. Kwashiorkor slides in the English language.

1. KHALIL AHMAD
ROLL# 415

2. TOPIC: Kwashiorkor

3. CAUSES
• POVERTY
• IGNORANCE
• CHILD ABUSE
• INADEQUATE WEANING
• MAINLY CAUSED BY PROTEIN DEFICIENCY IN DIET THAT IS ADEQUATE
IN CALORIES

4. CLINICAL INDICATION
• MUSCLE WASTING
• EDEMA
• COMPROMISED DIGESTIVE ENZYME SYNTHESIS
• ENLARGMENT OF LIVER DUE TO FAT DEPOSITION

5. PROTEIN DEFICIENCY
AVAILIBALITY OF ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS
LOW PLASMA ALBUMIN
DECREASE SYNTHESIS OF ALBUMIN
DECREASE PLASMA COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE
FLUID ACCUMULATES IN INTERSTITIUM
EDEMA

6. TREATMENT
•SUFFICIENT INTAKE OF PROTEINS

7. CBL
• ON DOCTOR FIRST DAY OF WORKING AT A REFUGE CAMP IN
MADAGSSCAR A 3 YEAR OLD BOY IS BROUGHT TO SEE DOCTOR HIS
MOTHER TELLS DOCTOR THAT HE HAS DEVELOPED DARK PATCHES OF
FLESHY SKIN ON HIS BODY DOCTOR ALSO NOTICE THAT THE BOY HAS
PITTING EDEMA OF HIS LOWER EXTEMETIES DISTENDED ABDOMEN ,
WHILE HIS ARMS SHOW SIGNS OF MUSCLE WASTING DOCTOR
SUSPECT THAT THE BOY’S EDEMA AND SKIN CHANGES ARE LIKELY
DUE TO POOR NUTRITION CAUSED BY HIS SOCIAL SITUATION

8. QUESTIONS
1. WHAT ISTHE LIKELY DIAGNOSIS?
2. CLINICAL INDICATIONS?
3. TREATMENT?

9. THANKS