Question

what us kwashiorkor and marasmus ​

Answer 1

Answer:

Kwashiorkor : Occur in child more than one year of age.

Deficiency of proteins only

Skin appear to be swollen

Underweight children.

Marasmus: Occur in child below one year

No oedema

Subcutaneous fat disappear.

Skin is dry and wrinkled

Answer 2

$\huge\tt\green { Marasmus }$

• Marasmus is a disease produced by a simultaneous deficiency of protiens and calories.

• It is found in infants less than a year in age, if mother's milk is replaced too early by other foods which are poor in both proteins and caloric value.

• In marasmus the skin becomes dry, thin and wrinkled and limbs become thin. Growth weight start declining.

• Also in marasmus, growth and development of brain are impaired.

$\huge\tt\green { Kwashiorkor }$

• Kwashiorkor is a disease produced by protein deficiency unaccompanied by calorie deficiency.

• It actually results from the replacement of mother's milk by a high calorie-low protien diet in a child more than one year in age.

• In kwashiorkor ,wasting of muscles ,thinning of limbs, failure of growth and failure of brain development occurs.

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