Question

What is Kwashiorkor disease?

Answer 1

Answer:

In these disease skin becomes black. It is because of deficiency of carbohydrate.

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Answer 2

Kwashiorkor disease:

• It is a deficiency disease which occurs in children up to 5 years due to a deficiency of proteins. Such children consume less than 1 gm protein per kg. body weight per day.

Symptoms:

• Loss of body weight and distaste to food.
• Skin becomes scaly and black.
• Oedema in the body due to water retention and enlargement of belly.
• Hair becomes scanty, thin and grey.