MALNUTRITION Flashcards
EXCESS ENERGY OR NUTRIENT INTAKE
OVERNUTRITION
DEFICINET ENERGY OR NUTRIENT INTAKE
UNDERNUTRITION
EXCESS NUTRIENT OVER TIME
CUMULATIVE
NUTRIENTS LACKING FOR EXTENDED PERIOD
DEFICIENCIES
BERIBERI LACKS
THIAMIN
MARASMUS LACKS
ALL NUTRIENTS
SCURVY LACKS
VIT C
RICKETS LACKS
CALCIUM AND VIT D
NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENTS
ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS
CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS
BIOCHEMICAL TESTS
DIETARY/SOCIAL HISTORY
ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS
HEIGHT
WEIGHT
HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE
UPPER ARM MEASUREMENT
SKINFOLD
PALLOR, BLUE HALF CIRLCES BENEATH EYES
IRON, COPPER, ZINC, B12, B6, BIOTIN
EDEMA
PROTEIN
BUMPY “GOOSELFESH”
VIT A
LESIONS AT CORNER OF MOUTH
RIBOFLAVIN
GLOSSITIS
FOLIC ACID
NUMEROUS “BLACK AND BLUE SPOTS” AND “PINPRICK” HEMORRHAGES UNDER THE SKIN
VIT C
EMACIATION
CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEINS
POORLY SHAPED BONES OR TEETH OR DELAYED APPEARANCE OF TEETH IN CHILDREN
VIT C
SLOW CLOTTING TIME OF BLOOD
VIT K
UNUSUAL NERVOUSNESS, DERMATITIS, DIARRHEA
NIACIN
TETANY
CALCIUM, POTASSIUM, SODIUM
GOITER
IODINE
ECZEMA
FAT
MEASURE MAIN PROTEIN IN BLOOD
DETERMINES PROTEIN STATUS
SERUM ALBUMIN LEVEL