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Nutrition Flashcards

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What is marasmus?

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Protein malnutrition Weight for heigh more than 3 below SD

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What is kwashiorkor?

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Generalised oedema + muscle wasting due to protein deficiency Flaky paint skin rash with hyperkeratosis + desquamation Angular stomatitis Hyperpigmentation (black enamel paint)

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What is the pathology of vitamin D deficiency?

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Causes low calcium Triggers secretion of parathyroid hormone Normalises calcium but demineralises bone PTH also causes low phosphate

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S+S Vit D deficiency?

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Rickets - bony deformity Symptoms of hypocalcaemia (seizures, stridor, apnoea) Rickets: bow legs in toddlers, knock kneed in older children

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What is osteomalacia?

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Failure of mature bone to mineralise

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What is rickety rosary?

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Thickening of metaphyses where growth is most rapid Wrists, ankles + costochondral joints

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S+S rickets

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Ping pong ball sensation of skull (craniotabes) Wide ankles + wrists FTT Bowed legs

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