3. ANSWER
• Protein-energy malnutrition or PEM
is the condition of lack of energy due
to the deficiency of all the
macronutrients and many
micronutrients.
4.
5. TERMINOLOGIES
• Edema is swelling in the body caused by excess
fluid. It often affects the lower body, such as the
legs, feet, and ankles, but it can occur
anywhere. If you press on a swollen area and an
indentation or pit remains, it’s called pitting
edema. If there’s enough fluid, and the swelling
is from fluid and not something else, then most
edema will pit.
• A superinfection is a second infection
superimposed on an earlier one, especially by a
different microbial agent of exogenous or
endogenous origin, that is resistant to the
treatment being used against the first infection.
6. CONTI...........................
• dyselectrolytemia:A loss of bodily fluids
most often causes an electrolyte
imbalance. This can happen after
prolonged vomiting, diarrhea, or sweating,
due to an illness
• Cachexia is a condition that causes
extreme weight loss and muscle wasting.
