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Protein deficiency is called Kwashiorkor, and the word means 'the rejected child'. That refers to a child who is no longer getting breast milk because another child has been born.
It is easy to spot because the hair of a dark haired child starts looking red. This is because the colour in the hair is made by a protein called melatonin and when the body is desperate for protein, it draws it from anywhere it can and so it takes it from the hair colour.
Protein is the only substance that can build new body tissue and repair damaged body tissue, so a child with a protein deficiency cannot grow or heal. By the time the hair is starting to look red, there is already major damage to other body systems and even if there is successful treatment, the child will never be the same.
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What diseases are associated with cellulose deficiency?
constipation
Marasmus usually is associated with a deficiency of?
Marasmus is caused by the deficiency of protein
What are some diseases that are related to protein?
There are a few, such as, Protein S Deficiency, which is hereditary; also, Marasmic Kwashiorkor, Protein Energy Deficiency, Wrong protein unfolding, to name a few.
Protein what is protein S deficiency?
Protein S deficiency is associated with increased risk for venous thrombosis. This is a clotting disorder involving Vitamin K.
Names of deficiency diseases?
There are quite a few deficiency diseases. Scurvy is caused by a vitamin C deficiency, Rickets is caused by a vitamin D deficiency, and Paresthesia is the from the lack of vitamin B5.
Not enough proteins may lead to?
deficiency diseases, arguably Baldness also as hair is made of protein.
What are examples of deficiency disorders?
Beri beri, rickets, anemia, goitre, night blindness, scurvy e.t.c. R da diseases caused by the deficiency of some nutritions........
What deficiency disease will you suffer if you do not get protein?
Protein deficiency.
What is cryoglobulin?
Cryoglobulin is an abnormal blood protein associated with several diseases.
What is protein deficiency?
Marasmus is generally the result of lack of carbohydrates and proteins; and Kwashiorkor is only protein deficiency. Marasmus is severe malnutrition characterized by carbohydrates and protein deficiency. Kwashiorkor is a protein deficiency .
What causes deficiency diseases in human beings?
Insufficient quantities of specific minor nutrients (e.g. vitamins, minerals) in the diet cause deficiency diseases. Each deficiency disease is associated with one specific nutrient (e.g. scurvy with vitamin C, rickets with vitamin D) as its cause.
What are the sources of deficiency diseases?
lack of nutrients in the diet may cause deficiency diseases
