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Those who had suffered at some time with kwashiorkor showed a significantly higher mean interval previous to the birth, compared with those who had not.
The unusual result of an increase in birth interval on either side of children ever suffering from kwashiorkor is intriguing.
The small heart in kwashiorkor is due to muscle wasting.
More recent work indicates that in kwashiorkor there is a failure to adapt to the dietary deficiency and that this is often precipitated by infection.
He deals with its present classification and, particularly, the clinical characteristics of marasmus and kwashiorkor, as well as their diagnostic differences.
However, we now know that kwashiorkor is one end of a spectrum of malnutrition with marasmus at the other extreme.
Results from other analyses pointed to the relationship between higher birth orders and higher mortality, lower growth between birth and 6 months, and greater probability of suffering from 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.
Reports indicate that diseases such as cholera, typhoid and malaria are increasing and that there are cases of marasmus and kwashiorkor.
In 1990 there were 485 cases of kwashiorkor; in 1992, there were 13,744 cases.
Paratyphoid is back, kwashiorkor is up 29 times and marasmus is up 24 times.
The prognosis is better than it is for kwashiorkor but half of severely malnourished children die due to unavailability of adequate treatment.
Maize also is deficient in essential amino acids, which can result in kwashiorkor.
Kwashiorkor cases occur in areas of famine or poor food supply.
Essential amino acid deficiency should be distinguished from protein-energy malnutrition, which can manifest as marasmus or kwashiorkor.
