0 a serious disease caused by eating too little protein, mainly found in children in parts of tropical Africa --
Essential amino acid deficiency should be distinguished from protein-energy malnutrition, which can manifest as marasmus or kwashiorkor.
Kwashiorkor cases occur in areas of famine or poor food supply.
Maize also is deficient in essential amino acids, which can result in kwashiorkor.
The prognosis is better than it is for kwashiorkor but half of severely malnourished children die due to unavailability of adequate treatment.
Paratyphoid is back, kwashiorkor is up 29 times and marasmus is up 24 times.
In 1990 there were 485 cases of kwashiorkor; in 1992, there were 13,744 cases.
Reports indicate that diseases such as cholera, typhoid and malaria are increasing and that there are cases of marasmus and kwashiorkor.
One of the 2 who developed kwashiorkor was admitted to hospital at 7 months weighing 4-5 kg, having remained within 0-5 kg of her weight at 3 months.
