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	kwashiorkor Information - picture, symptom, cause, treatment, history of kwashiorkor
		Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition caused by inadequate protein intake.
		The name 'Kwashiorkor' is derived from one of the Kwa languages of coastal Ghana and means "the one who is displaced" reflecting the development of the condition in the older child who has been weaned from the breast once a new sibling is born, first defined in the 1930s.
		Kwashiorkor often affects an older child weaned from breast milk to an inadequate diet after another child is born.
	www.online-vitamins.org /deficiency/kwashiorkor.htm (299 words)

	Tropical Medicine Central Resource
		Everywhere it is a complex pattern of malnutrition: in kwashiorkor the diet is principally low in protein, whereas in marasmus it is a lack of calories; protein-calorie malnutrition is the generic term used in the tropics for the whole range of malnutrition in childhood.
		Kwashiorkor is a state of malnutrition that results from a deficiency of dietary protein in the presence of a normal or high carbohydrate intake.
		Kwashiorkor is most common between the ages of 1 and 4 years, but can occur in infancy; it is seen with equal frequency in both sexes.
	tmcr.usuhs.mil /tmcr/chapter16/Kwashiorkor.htm (894 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Kwashiorkor
		Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition caused by inadequate protein intake in the presence of fair to good energy (total calories) intake.
		Kwashiorkor occurs most commonly in areas of famine, limited food supply, and low levels of education, which can lead to inadequate knowledge of proper diet.
		Treatment of kwashiorkor in its late stages will improve the child's general health, but he or she may be left with permanent physical problems and intellectual disabilities.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/001604.htm (717 words)

	Kwashiorkor Summary
		Kwashiorkor is a type of childhood malnutrition with controversial causes, but commonly believed to be caused by insufficient protein intake.
		The swollen abdomen is generally attributed to two causes: ascites due to altered oncotic pressure as a result of hypoalbuminemia (low albumin in the blood) and grossly enlarged liver due to fatty liver.
		Important anti-oxidants in the body that are reduced in children with kwashiorkor include glutathione, albumin, vitamin E and polyunsaturated fatty acids.
	www.bookrags.com /Kwashiorkor (669 words)

	Diseases due to malnutition - marasmus kwashiorkor scabies and parasites
		Diseases due to malnutition - marasmus kwashiorkor scabies and parasites
		Diseases due to malnutrition, Marasmus Kwashiorkor, scabies and parasites
		Marasmus, kwashiorkor, scabies and parasites are diseases caused by malnutrition
	www.food4africa.org /ChildCare.asp (589 words)

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