Explain the following disorders in brief :-
• Marasmus
• Kwashiorkar
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Marasmus and Kwashiorkar are are the disorders of digestive system that occur in kids due to deficiency of crucial nutrients.
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Kwashiorkar :-
- Occur in child more than one year of age.
- Deficiency of proteins only.
- Extensive oedema
- Subcutaneous fat is still present
- Wasting of muscles and thinning of limbs occur
- Skin appear to be swallen
- Underweight children.
Marasmus:-
- Occur in child below one year
- Deficiency of proteins and calories both.
- No oedema
- Subcutaneous fat disappear
- Extreme emaciation of body and thinning of limbs occur
- Skin is dry and wrinkled
- Severely emaciated.
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