What happens to people who suffer from kwashiorkor?

Answer 1

Early symptoms include fatigue, irritability, and lethargy. As protein deprivation continues, one sees growth failure, loss of muscle mass, generalized swelling (edema), and decreased immunity. A large, protuberant belly is common.

stunded growth, edema on legs & hands, diarrhoea, discolouration of hair and skin, anaemia, apathy, moonface, protruded abdomen, muscle wasting.

Answer 2

You have the baby with brittle hairs, oedematous extremities, irritable and apathetic nature, course skin with typical diet history or the poverty are the signs and symptoms of Kwashiorkor and small for age baby is the sign and symptom of the marasmus.

Answer 3

its caused by a lack of certain amino acids and proteins

Answer 4

Lethargy, growth retardation, anemia, edema, potbelly, skin depigmentation, and hair loss or change in hair color.

Answer 5

There feet swell, their hair turns thin, their teeth drop out and their liver englargens which cause their tummy to swell.

Answer 6

One symptom is a swollen abdomen