lecture 5 malnutrition and malabsorption Flashcards
where is food absorbed into in the GI tract
portal vein and thoracic duct
main food
carbs 2/3
protein
lipids
kwashikor
lack of proteins
Marasmus
total dietry lack
Marasmus symtoms
apathy, diarrhoea, hepatomegaly, muscle wasting, oedema, anaemia, stomatitis
stomatitis
mouth ulcers
anorexia
suppression of appetite
what promotes loss of appetite
intense cytokine release
inability to swallow
dysphagia
what happens to weight in thyrotoxicosis
lose weight
commonest malnutrition
iron
why might you be iron deficient
vegetarian
menses
what anaemia do you get with menses
hypochromic
microcytic
where do you find iron
red meat
B6 deficiency
neuropathy
B1 defcient
cardiomyopathy
B2 deficiency
stomatitis
niacin deficiency
pellagra
pellagra
diarrhoea, dermatitis and dementia
folic acid deficiency anaemia
megaloblastic
vit D eficiency
osteomalacia
who has less cells for Vit D production
darker people
B12 deficiency
megalosblastic anaemia
SCAD
Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord
B12 deficiency
ataxia and dementia
Vit C deficiency
scruvy
what happens in scurvy
collagen fails to be mineralised properly
Vit K deficient
coagulopathy
who gets vitK deficient
alcoholics