Protein energy malnutrition is a common problem in developing countries rather than developed countries. Protein energy malnutrition is mainly divided into two groups, such as acute protein energy malnutrition and chronic protein energy malnutrition. In acute protein energy malnutrition mainly decreased weight gain with normal linear growth resulting in wasting. But in chronic protein energy malnutrition both weight and height will be affected, and it may cause reduction of linear growth in leading to stunting. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF recommend in using weight for height to detect acute malnutrition and if a weight for height is less than -3 standard deviation it classified as severe acute malnutrition. WHO also recommended using mid upper arm circumference to assess severe acute malnutrition and cut off point taken as 110-115mm. Protein energy malnutrition can occur in any condition in which there is severe restraint of caloric intake. Additional reasons are increased requirements, poor absorption, impaired utilization, or excessive loss of nutrients. Severe acute malnutrition can be divided in to two, based on a clinical feature such as if present with pitting edema, and fatty liver called kwashiorkor, and if not, called marasmus. Our patient was five months old, an exclusively breast-fed child presented severe acute malnutrition with features of kwashiorkor from a very poor socio-economic background. We were able to manage the child with available resources without any complications.
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Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM), Kwashiorkor, Exclusively Breast Feeding, Sri Lanka
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Manori Priyadarhani, Jeewana Prasad, Asanka Alexander, Hemali De Silva, Perly Gamage. (2023). Kwashiorkor in an Exclusive Breastfed Infant in a Sri Lanka. American Journal of Pediatrics, 9(3), 137-139. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajp.20230903.16
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abstract = {Protein energy malnutrition is a common problem in developing countries rather than developed countries. Protein energy malnutrition is mainly divided into two groups, such as acute protein energy malnutrition and chronic protein energy malnutrition. In acute protein energy malnutrition mainly decreased weight gain with normal linear growth resulting in wasting. But in chronic protein energy malnutrition both weight and height will be affected, and it may cause reduction of linear growth in leading to stunting. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF recommend in using weight for height to detect acute malnutrition and if a weight for height is less than -3 standard deviation it classified as severe acute malnutrition. WHO also recommended using mid upper arm circumference to assess severe acute malnutrition and cut off point taken as 110-115mm. Protein energy malnutrition can occur in any condition in which there is severe restraint of caloric intake. Additional reasons are increased requirements, poor absorption, impaired utilization, or excessive loss of nutrients. Severe acute malnutrition can be divided in to two, based on a clinical feature such as if present with pitting edema, and fatty liver called kwashiorkor, and if not, called marasmus. Our patient was five months old, an exclusively breast-fed child presented severe acute malnutrition with features of kwashiorkor from a very poor socio-economic background. We were able to manage the child with available resources without any complications.},
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