Jankikund Cikitsalaya Chitrakoot

1. Presented By
20 Nov 2019 Dr. Kriti Jain

2. Definition
•Malnutrition refers to deficiencies excesses
or imbalances in a personas intake of energy
or nutrients

3. Types of malnutrition
• There are 3 types mainly
• Underweight - an underweight person is a type of person whose body
weight is considered too low to be healthy.
• Stunting - children are defined as stunted if their height- for- age is
more then 2 SD( standard Deviation) below the WHO Child Growth
Standards median.
• Wasting- Low weight-for-Height is known as wasting . wasting referred
two types-
• MAM- ( Moderate acute malnutrition) is defined as a weight –for-age
between -3 SD and -2SD Z- scores
• SAM- (sever acute malnutrition)-is defined by a very low weight for
height below -3SD scores. they may also have nutritional oedema.

4. Risk factors
•Inadequate dietary intake.
•Lack of parenteral education.
•Family size .
•Poverty.
•Incomplete vaccination.
•Inappropriate feeding.

5. SAM with Complication
•Pitting edema
•Vomiting
•Fast breathing
•Diarrhea
•Severe anaemia
•Hypothermia
•Hyperthermia

6. Danger signs in SAM
• Lethargic
• Fever
• Signs of dehydration
• Coughing
• Breathing difficulty
• Chest indrawing whizzing sound
• Vomiting
• Diarrhea and dehydration
• Bilateral pitting oedema

7. Medical Management

8. How to take height and weight
By using
• Infantometer
And
• Stadiometer

9. Stadiometer

10. Infantometer