What is Marasmus? What are the symptoms and causes?
What is Marasmus? What are the symptoms and causes?
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1. Marasmus is a prolonged protein energy malnutrition (PEM) found in infants under one year of age.
2. In this disease, protein deficiency is coupled with lower total food calorific value.
3. Inadequate diet impairs physical growth and retards mental development, subcutaneous fat disappears, ribs become prominent, limbs become thin, skin becomes dry, thin and wrinkled, loss of weight, digestion and absorption of food stops due to atrophy of digestive glands. There is no oedema.
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