marasmus

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marasmus

[mə′raz·məs]

(medicine)

Chronic severe wasting of the tissues of the body, particularly in children, due to malnutrition.

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Majority (82%) of children with SAM were marasmus whereas 18% children had edematous malnutrition.

Functional and structural abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract in severely malnourished children - A hospital based study

Some children developed kwashiorkor and some marasmus, but there was no quantitative and qualitative difference between their diets.

Oedematous malnutrition

Amazingly, kwashiorkor, marasmus, and mixed-types of malnutrition are not uncommon.

Nutrition Support For Malnourished, Acutely Ill Adults

Severe wasting is clinically called marasmus (the word comes from Greek, meaning wasting), which is a condition of chronic semi-starvation resulting from a deficiency in calories.

Patterns and determinants of malnutrition in children in Pakistan: impact of community health

Marasmus and Kwashiorkor are only a tip of an iceberg indicating severe malnutrition.

A cross-sectional descriptive study of nutritional status and distribution of common illnesses among school going children of age 5 - 10 years in a rural primary school in Trichy District, Tamilnadu

Among HIV-positive children with severe acute malnutrition, those with marasmus have an increased mortality compared to HIV-negative children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM).

CPD June 2017

Letter: Evolution of kwashiorkor and marasmus. Lancet (London, England).

Prevalence of stunting and wasting among Anganwadi school children of rural and urban area of Central India: a cross-sectional study

Its leaves are crushed to make a concoction that treats scurvy and marasmus. Sap from young leaves treats epilepsy and recurrent malaria.

Effects of packaging and storage conditions on quality of spider plant (Cleome gynandra L.) seed

Objectives: To determine the levels and possible role of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNFa, IL-1 and IL-6 in children with clinical protein energy malnutrition (kwashiorkor, marasmic kwashiorkor or marasmus) alone and in combination with malaria in Western Kenya.

Plasma Levels of Pro-Inflammatory (Cytokines TNFa, IL1 and IL6) in Protein Energy Malnourished Children affected by P. falciparum Malaria in Western Kenya

Comment: We do not commonly see instances of marasmus in today's medical scene.

Stress, chronic infection, and the immune system

Nutritional bone deseases (3-5,7) Total patients with nutritional bone disease 213,760 (52) Vitamin D deficiency osteomalacia 75,600 (35.3) Vitamin D deficiency rickets 16,300 (7.6) Congenital vitamin D deficiency rickets (newborns of osteomalacia mothers) 3 (0.1) Vitamin D deficiency rickets in breast fed infants (newborns of osteomalacia mothers) 972 (0.5) Dietary calcium deficiency (critical years of growth) 86,800 (40.6) Dietary calcium deficiency (adults, premenopausal) 18,580 (8) Calcium and vitamin D deficiency (elderly people) 14,205 (6.6) Protein energy malnutrition (kwashiorkor, marasmus) 1,300 (0.6) Dietary calcium deficiency rickets None Dietary phosphate deficiency rickets None Figures in parantheses are percentage value (5).

Nutritional bone disease in Indian population

The number of children admitted with kwashiorkor, measles, gastroenteritis and marasmus between 1983 and 1991 (group I) was compared with similar data for the period 1993 - 2002 (group 2).