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Marasmus: Causes, symptoms, and treatment

MARASMUS DISEASE ⁃ it is the condition when emaciation , generalized wasting and absence of subcutaneous fat caused by malnutrition. ⁃ This is the problem occur due to the deficiency of calorie to acute diseases. ⁃ Diarrhea l diseases of infancy . ⁃ Nutritional compostiokbdefiency ⁃ Inadequate food intake ⁃ Malabsorption ⁃ Child abuse ⁃ Failure to thrived syndrome ⁃ Scurvy ⁃ Deficiency if vitamin D. SINGS AND SYMPTOMS ⁃ Sunken face ⁃ Loss of muscle mass ⁃ Soft tissue and a wizened ⁃ Loss of temporal and buccal fat pads. ⁃ Loss of weight ⁃ Brain and skeleton growth continues, resulting in long body and a head too large in proportion to weight. ⁃ The eyes are sunken ⁃ Tissue turner is lost. ⁃ Skin appear loose and sags. ⁃ Loss of activity in the Person. ⁃ Weakness in feet and hands. MANAGEMENT :- ⁃ Provide supportive therapy to the patient. ⁃ Low and small in calorie feedings should be provide to the patie...

What is Dehydration - Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Prevention

WHAT IS DEHYDRATION In this condition body loss the excessive water fluid and electrolyte due to the excessive heat and sweating is called as dehydration. DEHYDRATION CAUSES OF DEHYDRATION There are some causes of dehydration are following :- When people are suffering from diarrhea, sweating and  vomiting. SWEATING Gastrointestinal problems (GI ) such as gastroenteritis which defined as the inflammation of gastroenteritis system. Due to the cutaneous such as excessive sweating and burns due to heat.For example some people are working in hot places and may face the burning sensation and cause of dehydration. Decreased of fluid intake is the affect on body functions and due to this cause the dryness and increasing thrust and vomiting. Most of the people are suffering from renal diseases due to diabetic ketoacidosis because patient who are suffering from these problems they pass the more urine as compare to the healthy person it cause the fluid loss in the bo...

ADDISON’s DISEASE AND ITS ETIOLOGY, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT

ADDISON’s DISEASE   -> A rare illness marked by gradual and progressive failure of the adrenal glands and insufficient production of steroid hormones. Inadequate amounts of glucocorticoids ( e.g.cortisol) and mineral corticoids (e.g.aldosterone )             ETIOLOGY  -> Autoimmune destruction of adrenal glands (80% of cases), chronic infections(e.g , tuberculosis, cytomegalovirus,either virus such as, Lyme disease or histologists), or cancers that metastasize to the adrenal glands from other organs(e.g, insufficiency is related to supression of hypothalami c-pituitary- adrenal axis function.           Symptoms   -> A feeling of fatigue and weakness         -nausea /vomiting         - Abdominal pain          -Craving for salt and dizziness         - Hypo tension          TREATMENT ...