Kwashiorkor

Sign/Symptoms
Growth Impairment or Stunted Hair Loss Infections Frequent Liver Enlarged Or Tender Mental Retardation Mind: Apathy Mind: Developmental Delay Muscle Wasting Short Stature Skin Depigmentation Swelling (Oedema, Edema)

Drugs

Our Records are Incomplete for Drugs

Treatments
Medical Procedure Intravenous fluids (IV) Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Oral Rehydration Therapy Nasogastric Tube Supportive Treatment Gastrostomy Tube Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy Lifestyle Changes Oral Feeding Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Intravenous fluids (IV) Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Medical Therapy Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Gastrostomy Tube Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Nasogastric Tube Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Oral Rehydration Therapy Weakly in Favour Low Evidence Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) Weakly in Favour Low Evidence

Attributes

Our Records are Incomplete for Condition Attributes

Further Tests
Coagulation Factor Assay (Blood Clotting Factors) Factor VII (Stable Factor, Proconvertin, Percentage of Normal Value) (Decreased)

Treatments:
1. http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec01/ch002/ch002b.html?qt=kwashiorkor&alt=sh#sec01-ch002-ch002b-139

2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2021539/

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